Did a Chinese Eunuch Beat Columbus to America?
A soon-to-be-unveiled map may prove that an admiral made it to America in 1418. | storyThe Scotsman: An ancient map set to be unveiled next week may prove that it was a Chinese eunuch who discovered America and not Christopher Columbus.
Columbus found the New World in 1492, but a copy of a map dated 1418, to be made public in Beijing and London, could show that it was in fact Admiral Zheng who got there first — more than 70 years earlier. | story
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