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• Christopher Columbus supposedly discovered America in 1492. Yet 18 years before he set sail, Columbus had a map of the Americas, which he later acknowledged in his logs. How do you discover a place for which you already have a map? The same question could be asked of Magellan. (查看原文)

  慕涵 2012-05-22 14:06:41

• Having embarked on the simultaneous construction of the Forbidden City, the Ming tombs, and the Temple of Heaven, China was also building two thousand ships for Zheng He's fleets.These vast projects had denuded the land of timber. As a consequence, eunuchs were sent to pillage Vietnam. (查看原文)

  慕涵 2012-05-22 14:17:43

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