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minus-square@KevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoThey did sail to Africa. It’s well documented in primary and secondary sources. They made a map with Africa on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Kun_map
minus-squarekbin_space_programlinkfedilink1•3 months agoYes, but there is still doubt: It has also been suggested by J.J.L. Duyvendak and Paul Pelliot that the map may have been partly based on Arab nautical charts.[10]
They did sail to Africa. It’s well documented in primary and secondary sources. They made a map with Africa on it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Kun_map
Yes, but there is still doubt: