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Re: Zheng He steered by the stars?
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Nov 23, 23:27 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Nov 23, 23:27 -0500
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 "In this house we _obey_ the laws of thermodynamics." --Homer Simpson
