New website – Archives of Cultural Exchanges

The Archives of Cultural Exchanges is a Non-Profit Organisation which has been set up by Emeritus Professors Carl Johannessen and John Sorenson to further the discussion of all aspects of transoceanic contact between the pre-Columbian civilizations around the world.

Please feel free to visit the site and leave your feedback here: http://www.archivesofculturalexchanges.org

Carl and John’s most recent book, “World Trade and Biological Exchanges Before 1492” is now available here.
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Gavin discusses ‘1434’ with Kim Greenhouse

“Believe it or not, there is sweeping evidence that a Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance in 1434. Gavin Menzies returns to talk about his book 1434 and an entirely new perspective on what happened that will change your understanding of history. This book is an investigative adventure that demonstrates that Chinese ideas, discoveries, and inventions formed the basis of Western Civilization as we know it today.” Please click on the following link to listen to the show: http://itsrainmakingtime.com/2010/gavinmenzies2/
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Book Launches at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 16th April 2010

We are pleased to announce the launch of two books at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) on 16th April! Firstly Emeritus Professor Carl Johannessen and Emeritus Professor John Sorenson will describe the mass of evidence for pre-Columbian trans-oceanic exploration which forms the basis of their new book “World Trade and Biological Exchanges Before 1492.” Then Gavin Menzies will discuss his new book, “Lost Treasures of Atlantis”, to be published by Orion in 2011, which describes the global trade network established by the Minoan civilisation 4000 years before Columbus set sail!


To read the transcript for John Sorenson’s talk please click here: https://www.gavinmenzies.net/assets_cm/files/microsoft/sorensondeathofaparadigm.doc


To read the transcript for Carl Johannessen’s talk please click here: https://www.gavinmenzies.net/assets_cm/files/microsoft/johannessenlectureatrgsapril162010.doc


To read the transcript for Gavin Menzies talk please click here: https://www.gavinmenzies.net/assets_cm/files/microsoft/menziestalkrgsapril16th.doc


To view John Sorenson’s video click here:
files.me.com/russkendall/7n1y91.mov


To read a Press release regarding “Lost Treasures of Atlantis” click here:
https://www.gavinmenzies.net/assets_cm/files/microsoft/orionltaannouncementapril2010.doct


To visit Sorenson and Johannessen’s website please visit: http://www.archivesofculturalexchanges.org/

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John Blashford-Snell in search of the ‘first Panama Canal’

Colonel Blashford-Snell, a friend of ‘1421’ has recently returned from leading an expedition which was part-funded by Gavin, and influenced by Cedric Bell, to find the precursor to the Panama Canal. This waterway, between the Atlantic and Pacific, features on mediaeval maps, years before the Panama Canal as we know it today was opened in 1914. The expedition was launched in Nicaragua, and was a resounding success. John and his team found several locations where it is possible, in the rainy season, to navigate rivers in a small boat from the Pacific, inland to Lake Nicaragua, and from thence downriver to the Caribbean and the Atlantic. He also found evidence of ancient man-made canals along the way. It is hoped that an expedition will return in the wet season to investigate the route further.

To read about John’s latest adventure please click on the following link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7025756.ece
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Liu Gang’s ‘The Ancient Map Code’ – 1093 AD Chinese world map!

Liu Gang’s book, The Ancient Map Code, was published in China in November 2009 by Guangxi Normal University Press. It is now available in China from all good book shops or from the following link: http://www.douban.com/subject/4100966/

A publisher for the English language version is currently being discussed. To read the chapter by chapter synopsis please click here. To read Chapter 4 in which Liu Gang describes a Chinese world map dated 1093 AD please click here.
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