Map shows Chinese explorers may have discovered NZ before Europeans, book claims
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A new book claims a map from 1602 shows Chinese explorers could have discovered New Zealand before Europeans.
The consensus among scholars is that Chinese marine voyages in the early 15th century only took the explorers to countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
But author Sheng-Wei Wang posits in Chinese Global Exploration in the Pre-Columbian Era: Evidence from an Ancient World Map their exploration zone extended beyond that to the Americas, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Wang's conclusions, as reported by the South China Morning Post, are based on her analysis of the first Chinese-language world map, the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (KWQ), in which she concludes it was sourced from Chinese maps by Ming dynasty (1368-1644) explorers rather than being of European origin.
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A new book claims a map from 1602 shows that Chinese explorers could have discovered New Zealand before Europeans. Reference: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/scien...
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