It has been another busy couple of months. As well as our continuing commitments with the new book, Gavin travelled to Cairo and Sharjah. He gave a keynote speech at the Sharjah International Book Fair, and had a brief stopover in Cairo to meet with the Egyptian Ambassador to China. Meanwhile, Ian Hudson held the fort in London and later, in December, gave a talk on Gavin's behalf, at the Centre for Islamic Studies at Oxford University. Ian and Gavin are now concentrating all efforts on finalising The Lost Treasures of Atlantis which is projected for UK & US publication in September 2011.
Mysterious Ruins - Cape Breton
For all of our Canadian friends out there, we are pleased to announce that Paul Chiasson's book, The Island of Seven Cities, has recently been the subject of a television documentary, produced by Ellis Entertainment. The film, entitled Mysterious Ruins - Cape Breton, will be aired on History Television today, at 7:00pm. The show is only available in Canada for now, but may be available on the History Television website ( www.history.ca ) after the broadcast date.
"... Paul Chiasson, author of best-seller The Island of Seven Cities, is convinced the ruins on Kelly's Mountain, Cape Breton Island, Canada, are a pre-Columbian settlement. After ten years of exhaustive research, this compelling one-hour documentary follows Paul as he explores the history of the ruins on Cape Breton while a colleague studies an ancient settlement in China. Was it a Chinese colony that passed on their written language and culture to the native Mi'kmaq long before Columbus' discovery of the Americas? Mysterious Ruins - Cape Breton investigates evidence of Chiasson's controversial claim, as well as the naysayers, neighbours and native peoples, as we follow his journey in search of the truth. For the first time since the publication of this explosive theory, Mysterious Ruins - Cape Breton will reveal all sides of the debate over what could be one of the greatest archaeological finds of modern times..."
You can watch a short clip here:
http://www.myspace.com/video/496952816/mysterious-ruins-cape-breton-trailer/105485432
Liu Gang: The Ancient Map Code
We are pleased to announce that Liu Gang's book The Ancient Map Code has been published by Linking Books in Taiwan. To order your copy please visit the following link: www.linkingbooks.com.tw We are eagerly awaiting the English publication!
Zheng He's Treasure Fleet will start its 'eighth voyage' in 2013
You can read an interesting article from the English People Daily at the link below.
"... About 600 years ago, Chinese admiral Zheng He and his massive fleet of Junkers started epic voyages from Nanjing. Now a new replica modelled on Zheng He's Treasure Fleet has been under construction since June and the fleet will undergo a trial voyage in 2013, according to the Zheng He's Treasure Fleet factory.
At present, one-third of the fleet has been completed, and the early stages of the huge ship have been completed..."
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/90873/7173547.html
We were recently made aware of the project, but have so far elicited no response from the website: http://www.dragonboat.net.cn/htm/english/gongsijianjie-e.htm
If anyone has further details on this please let us know!
Sunken ship treasure:
You can read news about a sunken Yuan dynasty ship at the following link: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/7209838.html
Cheng Ho Expo - Malaysia
If you are in Malaysia we urge you to find the time to visit the Cheng Ho Expo, where our friend Dr. Tan Ta Sen has been overseeing a Cheng Ho exhibition. We are told that the Expo had up to 30, 000 visitors a day. The Exhibition apparently runs for another week. You can find more information here: http://www.chenghoexpo.com.my/chenghoexpo/
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy festive season and much hope you will continue to keep in touch in 2011. It is going to be another interesting and exciting year!
Best wishes,
The Gavin Menzies research team
