Map proves Chinese discovered America

Christopher Columbus
We know that Christopher Columbus was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. History places a great significance on his landing in America in 1492, with the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date usually known as Pre-Columbian, and the anniversary of this event, Columbus Day, celebrated in many countries in America. Although there is evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, and it is questionable whether one person can "discover" a place which is inhabited by other people, Columbus is often credited as having discovered the Americas. His voyage marked the beginning of the Spanish and European colonization of the Americas. He was most likely Genoese, although some historians claim he could have been born in other places, from the Crown of Aragón to the Kingdoms of Galicia or Portugal, or in the Greek island of Chios among others.

But now Recently a Chinese map collectore has found a copy of an ancient map he claims provers controversial theories that famed Chinese mariner Zheng He was the first to discover America and circumnavigate the world. The map supports the recent theories that Chinese discovered America before Christopher Columbus and charted parts of the world such as Antarctica and northern Canada long before Western explorers. The map shows us that Chinese discovered the world 70 years before Columbus. The map tells that Zheng He discovered the world.
Zheng He
The map is dated to 1763, but is also clearly marked that it is a copy of a map made in 1418. That date coincides with Zheng He's voyages, which spanned form 1405-1432. The map was bought for about $500 from a Shanghai dealer in 2001 by a Chinese lawyer and collector, Liu Gang. Liu Gang only realised its importance after he read Gavin Menzies best-selling book: 1421: The Year China Discovered The World. In this book Menzies theorises that previously undiscovered world maps drawn up by Zheng He's admirals were copied by European map-makers and were extensively used during the Vouages of great Western explorers, including Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco Da Gama and James Cook. China's Ming dynasty banned ocean going exploration and trade on pain of death after Zheng He's final voyage, largely ddue to the death of Emperor Zhu Di, who sponsored the voyages.

Zheng He, is a Muslim mariner and explorer, is widely thought to have sailed around South East Asia and India, but the claim he visited America is hotly disputed. The map is now being tested to check the age of its paper and ink, with the results due to be known in February. Even if it does prove to have been drawn in 1763, sceptics will point out that we still only have the mapmaker's word that he copied if from a 1418 map, rather than from a more recent one.

Your Comments gave me Strength

That day i wrote that how many year i will live (January 11, I like to Live). Your comments on that post really give me new strength for my Mind. Last night i was thing about my post and your comments, the first thing that struch my mind is Tsunami and the Pakistan Earthquack. You all told that, no one knows when we will die. Like that, the people who are died in tsumani, they also dont know they will die on December 26, 2004. I hope the people who are all lost there life in tsunami should also have a big dreams of their future and also like to live many years in this world. I have see many time that people play cricket on Marina Beach in Chennai. on Decemer 26 also many people have played cricket, but they dont know that there joy is going to end in minute's. In the earthquack also many people have lost their life and there future dreams. In Pakistan there was at least 400 childreans where struck into a school, which was gone under the earth in the quack, they also dont know that there life will be saved or not. how will be for the small kids, realy they have touched the dead entrance and came. There are many disable people in this world, when they all think and worry about there life, they cant be happy and enjoy in this world.

I saw a movie on sunday, in that they show a mentally and physically affected people, staying in orphanage. I know there are some Disable orphanage's in this world. I have Parents to take care me till there life end or my life end. But for orphans, who will take care, i know how difficult is to live in orphange with mentally and physically disablility. I have mother and father, but also i have worry and fear of my life.For the childreans who are in orphanage, there fear and worry are should be bigger than me. Really i feel bad about that post, what i have writen on January 11 was very very simple thing compare to disable orphan people, I think January 11 post shows my selfish, dont care about other disable people and their worry for me. i felt shame why my mind think like that.

Shuuro gave me the site of Professor Stephen William Hawkings. The site realy gives me a encouragement. Hawking was affected by Motor Neurone Dieseas (MND) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS/MND is a neurological disease that affects over 350,000 of the world’s population, and kills over 100,000 every year. Realy Hawking inspired me. Hawking also feared that he will be died in a few years. But he dint die, he got marraged and have one grand child. Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. How did he achive this? with his selfconfident and support of his family, the doctors told to Hawking, dont worry about u r dieseas, continue your work. I thank Shuuro to show me a great self confident man and i think that hawkings was not alone achived, there are many people in this world near thedead, have achived in there life and live happy. After reading his life, i feel like refresing me. Now i realise that hear after i should not worry of mydisable, and be happy and should consentrate on my favorite things to forget the fear.

Book fair in Chennai

The 29th Chennai Book fair held in Chennai Quaid-e-Millat College. For the last 3 years i was buying book in this fair. The Book fairs like this will encourage the reading knowledge of people. In the 2004 book fair i bought a Encyclopedia CD, last year i bought a General Knowledge book and a Quize book. This time i have bought Da Vince Code Book, for a long time i was thinking to buy a novel, so this time i have bought. Ever year i send my dad to buy books, he told compare to last year, this year he saw many people buying books. The Chennai Book fair starts on January 6th and ends on 16th. In this fair there are 300 shops. In 3 lakh titled there are 60 lakh books are placed here. there are books from Rs.5 to Rs.15,000. This year 40 lakh books have saled and earned Rs.4 crore. 4 lakh visitors have visited the fair.

When i was in school, every year the school will conduct book faire, they will sale old and new books from the school liberary, every time i used to buy Drawing books and story books. We will take the book and they will write our names and we should give money on the next day. some time some students used to stolen books from there, and sale it to some students. We have a big Liberary room, every week we have a Liberary class, and used to go there and read some story books, but really we will not read, just sit and taking with friend and playing. But the liberary miss will have a big scale and used to beat students, who are not reading books, some times, i also get beat from here.

My Kaanum Pongal Celebrations

Childreans celebrating Kaanum Pongal in some Village

The fourth day of Pongal is known as Kaanum Pongal. On that day people go to there relatives house and some tourist sports, to get relax after celebratingof Pongal. Many time i have gone out with our famile, usualy my uncle used to take us out, to some toursit spot and some relatives house. I think 10years back we take a Maruti Van and went to our relative house in Changelpattu (a town in South India) on the Mattu (bull) Pongal day evning, so we got a good chance to see many people taking there Cows to Temple, and travell in Bullcart (Mattu Vaandi) with decarations, and we stayed in our relatives house that night and next morning, we and our relatives, went out to celebrate the Kaanum Pongal.

First we went to Vedanthangal Bird sanctury, in pongal time the season will be winter, so on that day we saw many birds, it was really wondeful to watch birds in early morning, it was a big lake with many trees, we can see many foreign birds lay eggs and after the season is finished it will take its child birds to there country. I have gone to that sanctuary 3 time, it is a very beautyful place, one side birds and another side is field. on Kaanum Pongal days, when we travel on village side roads, we can see many people going in Mattu vandi (Bullcarts) and tractor to the fav
orite places. we can also see like this in chennai's suberbs or urban areas. After watching birds we went to Mahabalipuram, Mahabalipuram it is a gift for us by Pallava king, some years back it was called as Mamallapuram.( when i want to tell about Mahabalipuram, i have a lot of memories, so i will tell you on some other days) and while returning from mahabalipuram, me, my brother, my aunty and my cousin Uncle had sit in the Dickey of the Maruthi Van and open the door, we can feel the fresh sea breeze when we go like this and we saw many people who are going to there favorite place and we told Happy Kaanu Pongal to them, all the people have surprizingly looked us, it was very funny. That days are very sweet memories.

Some districts in Tamil Nadu, will condect Jalli Kattu (catching Ox) on Kaanum Pongal.

My Mattu (Bull) Pongal celebrations

The Next day of Pongal is Mattu (Bull) Pongal, so on that day i will go to my Grandfather house, because my grandpa has many cows and Buffalo. Mygrandpa is used to bath the cows and buffalo's, (some times me and my brother also have put bath cows, by using the spray tube, some times my aunty will also join with us and spray the water on us, and we pore the water on her, and get scolding from grandma) and paint on there kombu (bough) and fix bells in the kombu and some designed belt on its neck. My grandma will cook Pongal and give it for cows and buffalo's and put pooja's for them and we used to shout Pongalo Pongal mattu Pongal. in that area my grandpa only have bulls, so neighbouring will gather and see our pooja's.

And my uncle and grandpa will take the cow to Temple, and we also used to go with the cow, but we will come in 20 feet gape with the cow, because some times, it will ran. We have a big buffalo, and we used to tie near a wall, so every time it will sharp the his Kombu (bough), i always have fear on that, one time when mygrandpa take that Buffalo to temple, that many people brought there Bulls to temple, when our buffalo saw the bulls, it started running, and all people who are all stand near the temples have feared and run see the buffalo coming towards them, and it became very hard to control it. After that incident we have stoped going with cows to temple. My Grandpa neighbour have a bull cart or bull vehicle and they will decarate their cart and take childreans on that to temples, i also like to go on that cart, but my grandpa will not allow. For me every mattu (bull) pongal give different experiance. when we go to villages on Mattu Pongal, they will celebrated this festival very grand.

Some times we will go to our grandpa village 40km from Chennai, on the Mattupongal evening, and we go to the fileds and see the farmers, who theycelebrate the Mattu Pongal. every time when we go toVillage, we go to the fields and take bath on the canals and the in Pump set (where they take the water form the well and spread to the fields. and eat Nungu (kernal of tender plamyrah fruit) and elaneer (tender coconut) and will return on Night, when we returning in night, the road will be very dark and the two sides of the road is forest. it will be very fear to travell on that road.