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Title: Not a Scholarly work
Review: I won't say much, because most of the negative reviews are right on. As a History major and one interested in things of this sort, I believe I can provide a good review. This book is absolutely absurd. He makes his claims based on speculations, false evidence, and speculates some more. He uses a fake map to present his claims, he talks of statues erected in Africa (not America), and he says he knows about these things because he was a military sub person. WHAT?! All in all, I would say stay away from this book. Don't waste your time. If you are interested in nonwestern or Asian exploration and discovery, there are plenty of scholarly works out there: When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1405-1433 by Levathes,The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands by Leo Shin, and The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty by Henry Shih-shan Tsai to name a few. Just please, stay away from THIS junk!!!!!!!!
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