Chinese Explorer Zheng He Discovered America Says Book Author Gavin Menzies

Chinese Admiral and explorer Zheng He could be the real one who discovered America and not Christopher Columbus. This is claimed by author Gavin Menzies who said that “The traditional story of Columbus discovering the New World is absolute fantasy, it’s fairy tales.” In Menzies’ book “Who Discovered America?” published Tuesday, he said that the Chinese sailors were the first to cross the Pacific Ocean 40,000 years ago. Menzies says there is DNA evidence to support his claim.

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Menzies claims that the Chinese map, found in a bookstore and created in the 18th century, is attributed to Zheng He and shows a detailed map of America dating back to 1418. That would place Zheng He’s efforts some 70 years ahead of Columbus. In fact, Menzies says Columbus used a copy of Zheng He’s map to plot his own voyage.