Assignment 1: Who Were The First Americans?

ssignment 1: Who Were The First Americans?

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1.) What evidence exists that Chinese sailors landed off of the coast of the Americas in 1421? Is there evidence that a Buddhist monk traveled to America 1,000 years earlier than 1421? How clear is the evidence?

Existing evidence that can prove that Chinese sailors landed on American coasts in 1421 includes the engineering of Junk ships used during fleets. Due to the design of the ships, the Chinese could skillfully travel across large distances. The world map that has been dated and credited to the Chinese also supports the notion that the Chinese were exploring the world before Columbus. The Bimini Rocks, which appear to be manmade, and the stone anchors found on California’s coast also suggest that the Chinese had voyaged and explored these points before Columbus. Evidence that a Buddhist monk traveled to America a

Support for this theory comes from the similarities in the etching and designs of pottery in Ecuador and Kyushu. The similarities do not seem like a mere coincidence because the lines and patterns and other intricate designs are close matches to each other. Other evidence to support the Japanese success in sailing to Ecuador includes the fatal virus HTLV 1. The rare dispersion in the geographical locations of Japan and Ecuador support the conclusion that there was some interaction between the two countries and the likelihood that the Japanese made it to America centuries before Columbus ever