What if ........( new magazine)
The Chinese had discovered The then New world before Europeans
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
They might have met at the Rockies. The US would be just the part of the continent to the east of the mountains.
But also it's quite likely that the Chinese would not have colonised North America because at that time China was quite inward looking and didn't support exploration. There was a Chinese admiral who got as far west as the coast of Africa but little came of it.
But also it's quite likely that the Chinese would not have colonised North America because at that time China was quite inward looking and didn't support exploration. There was a Chinese admiral who got as far west as the coast of Africa but little came of it.
Zheng He (simplified Chinese: 郑和; traditional Chinese: 鄭和; pinyin: Zhènghé; Wade–Giles: Chêng-ho; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during the early Ming dynasty often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family and later adopted the surname Zheng conferred by the Yongle Emperor.[2] Commissioned by the Yongle Emperor and later the Xuande Emperor, Zheng commanded seven expeditionary treasure voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. According to legend, his larger ships carried hundreds of sailors on four decks and were almost twice as long as any wooden ship ever recorded.
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In the decades after the last voyage, Imperial officials minimized the importance of Zheng He and his expeditions throughout the many regnal and dynastic histories they compiled. The information in the Yongle and Xuande Emperors' official annals was incomplete and even erroneous, and other official publications omitted them completely.[99] Although some have seen that as a conspiracy seeking to eliminate memories of the voyages,[101] it is likely that the records were dispersed throughout several departments and the expeditions, unauthorized by and in fact counter to the injunctions of the dynastic founder, presented a kind of embarrassment to the dynasty.[99]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He...
In the decades after the last voyage, Imperial officials minimized the importance of Zheng He and his expeditions throughout the many regnal and dynastic histories they compiled. The information in the Yongle and Xuande Emperors' official annals was incomplete and even erroneous, and other official publications omitted them completely.[99] Although some have seen that as a conspiracy seeking to eliminate memories of the voyages,[101] it is likely that the records were dispersed throughout several departments and the expeditions, unauthorized by and in fact counter to the injunctions of the dynastic founder, presented a kind of embarrassment to the dynasty.[99]
