This chapter describes the extent of the voyages of Kublai Khan’s mighty fleets.
Professor Arnaiz-Villena of Madrid University, explains how he has “… unexpectedly found Oriental genes (but Chinese) in the present day Azorean populations, and postulated that the arrival of the genes was before the Portuguese…” The Azores were shown in a map presented to the Emperor Zhu Di by a Korean delegation in 1402, 37 years before the Portuguese ‘discovered’ the islands.
We conclude that a Chinese or Korean fleet had reached, and settled the Azores before 1402 – this rules out Zheng He’s voyages. So, who were the sailors who had left their DNA there? Could Marco Polo help us at all? He goes at great lengths to describe Kublai Khan huge armadas’ failed attempts at attacking Japan on two occasions. Kubilai Khan decided on a third invasion but five years later, in 1286, abruptly cancelled the idea. He now had a huge fleet at the ready with nowhere to go…
In his research, Dr. Gunnar Thompson, a leading expert on pre-Columbian voyages from Asia to the Americas, has found three maps with accompanying notes in the Library of Congress, Washington DC, which describe Marco Polo’s voyage in Kubilai Khan’s ships to North America. The maps and descriptions were bequeathed by Marco to his daughters, Bellela and Moretta. Bellela’s description of Marco’s voyages accompanies a somewhat crude but easily recognizable map showing SE Asia, China, Siberia, the “Bering Straits”, Alaska, the Arctic Sea, and the NW Coast of N. America.
Kubilai Khan’s legacy of charts, warships, armaments and experience provided an invaluable foundation for Zheng He’s voyages.
Further reading:
Kublai Khan – http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/324254/Kublai-Khan
Wreckage of Kublai Khan’s fleet: http://bit.ly/tXOjbY
Marco Polo – http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/468139/Marco-Polo
Thompson, Gunnar. Marco Polo’s Daughters. Raleigh NC: Lulu.com, 2011
Thompson, Gunnar. American Discovery. Raleigh NC: Lulu.com, 2013
Gunnar Thompson’s website: http://marcopoloinseattle.com/
Marco Polo beat Columbus – http://www.science20.com/print/85232
