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!
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.
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.
To view Mr. Laszlo’s photographs of possible Chinese junk wreckage in the Caribbean please click here.
For photos of some wood that has been salvaged please click here.
Can anybody help us shed some light on these photos?