China map lays claim to Americas
A map due to be unveiled in Beijing and London next week may lend weight to a theory a Chinese admiral discovered America before Christopher Columbus.The map, which shows North and South America, apparently states that it is a 1763 copy of another map made in 1418.
If true, it could imply Chinese mariners discovered and mapped America decades before Columbus' 1492 arrival. ...
[Buddhima gave this news early in the morning]
posted by Madhawa @ 12:35 PM
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There’s evidence causing some to believe that the Australian aboriginal were the first to discover (South) America as long as 50,000 years ago...see this link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm
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