![]() (1) So his hypothesis depends directly upon the voyages, which he exclusively discovered and are the foundation upon which all else depends. Menzies rejects that Chinese contact with America took place sporadically over centuries, and contends that it all happened during what he calls the 1421-3 voyage. Moreover, a TV programme Junk History (3) recently revealed that Menzies wasn't even the author-it was ghost written! A principle of academic freedom is to give consideration to conclusions based upon a hypothesis that, however, must be grounded in facts. It is not revisionist history, but fiction nor is it science fiction, because the science is faulty. ![]() Abstract : A bold challenge to accepted knowledge by Gavin Menzies in his 1421: The Year China Discovered the World (2) is an exercise in literary licence changing the legendary Cheng Ho into a mythical Zheng He. ![]()
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