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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JPD3, post: 7684510, member: 116216&quot;]If you find some ancient Chinese coins metal detecting around the tidewaters of Virginia, you might be onto something. I have read that the Chinese made it to the Eastern Seaboard of the US.</p><p>To west of Norfolk, VA. Sarah Jackson’s story of discovery of “an ancient Chinese sailing ship” uncovered when the Great Dismal Swamp was first drained by George Washington and his friends-Bartlett Doty &amp; William Kleisch investigating (02/03).</p><p>See also <i>Coronet Magazine</i>, p. 34, January, 1945: “…When the government took over the Swamp and dredged some of the ditches, strange looking hulks of ships were found sunk in her marshes. One, a large Chinese craft, had to be cut through.” – Paul McNamee</p><p><br /></p><p>Theories with evidence of pre-Columbus abound.</p><p>Danish in South America:</p><p><a href="https://snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topic/the-danish-viking-presence-in-south-america-1000-c-1250/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topic/the-danish-viking-presence-in-south-america-1000-c-1250/" rel="nofollow">https://snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topic/the-danish-viking-presence-in-south-america-1000-c-1250/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Polynesians in Antarctica: </p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/indigenous-people-discovered-antarctica.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/indigenous-people-discovered-antarctica.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/indigenous-people-discovered-antarctica.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Africans discover the new world:</p><p><a href="https://face2faceafrica.com/article/way-before-columbus-ancient-malians-sailed-to-the-americas-in-1311" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://face2faceafrica.com/article/way-before-columbus-ancient-malians-sailed-to-the-americas-in-1311" rel="nofollow">https://face2faceafrica.com/article/way-before-columbus-ancient-malians-sailed-to-the-americas-in-1311</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom Line...</p><p>Never trust a sailor to keep course after he (she) has more than their ration of grog.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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