Evidence suggests Columbus wasn't first to discover America

 

     Right now, it is a fact that the United States of America is the most powerful country in the world, but that definitely was not the case 600 years ago, in fact, the land of America wasn’t known to exist until Christopher Columbus first set sail in the Bahamas, or was it?

  

   In 1492, Columbus had mistakenly landed on an unknown land instead of japan, which was later known to be a part of the American continent, or the new world as they called it. But there is evidence that suggests that a muslim chinese named Zheng He was the first to discover America rather than Columbus.

  

   Zheng He was a Chinese explorer and diplomat in the 15^th century, who was placed as the admiral in control of a huge fleet to undertake seven expeditions sponsored by the Ming government to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from

   The map was brought to attention by Shanghai lawyer, Liu Gang, who says he bought it from a local dealer for around $500, and consists of a copy made in the 18th-century of a 1418 map which claims to show the world that Zheng He discovered. It also shows that the expeditions covered more land and that he discovered America more than 70 years before Columbus.

  

   It is not known whether the map is accurate or not, but that same map was used in Gavin Menzies book “who discovered America?”. So much for Columbus Day!