Tag: 1421

Wang's theory of the Ming dynasty reaching the Americas pre-Columbus is met with skepticism, highlighting the tension between novel hypotheses ...

Why did the Chicken cross the pacific? Because the Polynesians brought them there, it seems. A 600-year-old chicken bone from ...

The SEAArch podcast speaks to Dr Geoff Wade of the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore about ...

A Ming dynasty medal unearthed in North Carolina suggest Chinese contact with America before Columbus. The 1421 thesis is highly ...

1421 is the Gavin Menzies book published in 2002 alleging that the Chinese* discovered America earlier than Columbus - and ...