Posted on 27/05/06
A slow boat to Cape Breton?
The Island Of Seven Cities:Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered North AmericaBy Paul ChiassonRandom House Canada,376 pages, $34.95Where did the Olmec come from, with their highly sophisticated culture? How is it possible that the Penutia languages of California share 10,000 cognates with the Ob-Ugrian languages of Siberia? Did Chinese monks build cairns on Haida Gwaii? To even consider these questions is heresy in some circles.
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