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Websites relating to Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho), who took Chinese fleets to the Indian Ocean, and possibily across the Pacific, in the early 15th Century.

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Experts Hope to Emulate Chinese Columbus From the BBC, Chinese are hoping to emulate an oriental eunuch, who they believe, discovered America 71 years before Columbus. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2349929.stm

Chinese Mariner Zheng He [Cheng Ho] Zheng He sailed from China to places in South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Africa, and possibly America some 80 years before Columbus. www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html

Chinese Explorer May Redraw Map of History A report from Xinhuanet concerning the proposal that Chinese explorers found America 72 years before Christopher Columbus. news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-03/06/content_304219.htm

Explorer from China who 'beat Columbus to America' An article in the Telegraph announcing a lecture by an amateur historian expounding his theory that when Columbus discovered America in 1492, he was 72 years too late. www.telegraph.co.uk/../../news/2002/03/04/nexp04.xml