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To: Richnorth who wrote (84306)4/8/2002 6:43:30 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 117024
 
OT Gavin Menzies is the historian on Chinese circumnavigation of the globe.

oceansonline.com

Hey who's side is he on??? We all know Sir Francis Drake was the first guy to sail around the world.... and he's British as roast beef -g-

More on Charts. This is really weird and known about for a long time. There are mentions of these maps throughout history. No normal explanation at the moment...

See the projection transformations of the Antarica land mass. Somewhere along the line we forgot how to make maps of the world.

wwatching.net

flem-ath.com

The standard of field surgery used by the Roman Army on campaign was superior to that used by the US armies in the civil war. They had drugs, operations, anesthetics... Not until WW1 was the Roman techniques improved upon. There are lots of lost skills and knowledge out there.

Those "external influences" or "voices" that are mentioned by Frank Wallace are a big subject imho.