Tiki Kon? Polynesians reached Americas ahead of Colombus

glatt · 06-07-2007, 02:30 PM

No, silly. It was the Chinese who discovered America before Columbus. Those junks were very seaworthy compared to European vessels of the time.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-07-2007, 05:41 PM

It would be fairly easy for Orientals to ride the Japanese current along the coasts to North and South America. But coming East to West would be quite a feat, as is from the Orient or Polynesia to Hawaii. You can't miss the Americas but Hawaii is a damn small target.

The National Geographic link I posted before, and this site, I found this morning, show the consensus of the migrations.

06-07-2007, 05:41 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It would be fairly easy for Orientals to ride the Japanese current along the coasts to North and South America. But coming East to West would be quite a feat, as is from the Orient or Polynesia to Hawaii. You can't miss the Americas but Hawaii is a damn small target. The National Geographic link I posted before, and this site, I found this morning, show the consensus of the migrations. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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06-07-2007, 02:30 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	No, silly. It was the Chinese who discovered America before Columbus. Those junks were very seaworthy compared to European vessels of the time.

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