The map is further corroborated, Mr Menzies says, by the Chinese names of numerous towns and regions in Peru. In the region of the map that Mr Menzies believes refers to Peru are written the inscriptions - 'Here the people practiced the religion of Paracas' and 'Here the people practice human sacrifice' - clear references peoples known to have inhabited Peru at the time. He concluded that it was originally written in the Ming Dynasty - a Chinese period that lasted from 1368 to 1644. Mr Liu had the map authenticated by an appraiser from Christie's Auctions, who said that the document was 'very old' and was not a newly-made fake.Īfter Mr Liu brought the map forward, Menzies also had a team of historians analyze every word on it. Mr Menzie's assertion about Zheng He's voyage to the New World isn't new - he first wrote about it in 2002 - but the map is. Mr Menzies argues that it clearly shows North American rivers and coasts, as well as the continent of South America. The document, he says, is an 18th century copy of Admiral Zheng He's 1417 map.
discovered by Beijing attorney Liu Gang in a second-hand bookshop that he says proves his theory. His book includes what Menzies says is a copy of that map. Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the “Beringia” theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing implications for the history of mankind.Mr Menzies believes that this portion of the map depicts the Chinese mapping of North and South America in 1418 - showing major rivers. In Who Discovered America? he combines meticulous research and an adventurer’s spirit to reveal astounding new evidence of an ancient Asian seagoing tradition-most notably the Chinese-that dates as far back as 130,000 years ago. The iconoclastic historian’s magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known “discoveries” of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus.
Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas-offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America?
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