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Chinese Explorers 'Discovered America'?

Posted by michael on from the native-americans-don't-count dept.

FLY9999 writes: "According to British historian and map expert Gavin Menzies, Chinese explorers discovered America way before Columbus did. He will disclose his information to the prestigious Royal Geographical Society (RGS) at a conference next week."

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  1. Re:So? by Ravagin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    My thoughts exactly, comrade.

    Another thing is that neither the Chinese, nor the Vikings, nor anyone else who may have done it initiated a genocide campaign on such a scale as Columbus' (and freends) against the native inhabitants of the continent. Guess that's the way to get famous, then. When we find life on another planet, will we have to kill most of it, too, for the discovery to be significant?

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