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Subject: Re: Zheng He steered by the stars?
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes (rodneym@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Nov 23 2002 - 23:27:57 EST
Do you mean each junk had 9 masts? It would be a wonder if they got
anywhere.
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:28:52 +1100, Peter Fogg wrote:
>However a new book '1421, The Year China Discovered the World', by Gavin
>Menzies, published in Australia by Random House, postulates that the
>Chinese admiral Zheng He and his fleet of massive 9 masted junks
>explored much of what we assume was left to European navigators to
>'discover' some centuries later.
>
Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
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