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Greetings, and welcome to the August 2012 newsletter! It has been an exciting time for us in London, what with the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, as well as the on-going Olympic Games. Fortunately, the inclement weather has not put a dampener on UK spirits!
Gavin and Ian are pleased to announce that they have recently signed a contract with HarperCollins for a joint book which they have been working on in recent months. More details will follow on this shortly.
Over the summer we will be gearing up for the launch of the English version of the '1421' e-book, which we hope will bring the subject out to a wider global audience. It is hoped that foreign language e-book editions will follow shortly afterwards. Also, with regard to foreign languages, we are pleased to announce that '1434' has now been published in both simplified and complex Chinese characters.
Something else to look forward to is the launch of the paperback editions of 'The Lost Empire of Atlantis' in USA (November 2012) and UK (January 2013.) We are very excited about this prospect, as the paperback includes a PS section with a host of new evidence that has been accumulated since the hardback was first published. We hope to send you a sample of this new material in due course.
John Ruskamp - 'Asiatic Echoes'
We are pleased to announce the publication of John Ruskamp's 'Asiatic Echoes: The Identification of Chinese Pictograms in North American Rock Writing'. John has been in touch with us for some years now, sharing his research into Chinese pictograms found carved in rocks in North America.
"... For centuries, researchers have been debating if, in pre-Columbian times, meaningful exchanges between the indigenous peoples of Asia and the Americas might have taken place... On these pages, the reader will find written evidence that in pre-Columbian times multiple meaningful intellectual exchanges took place between Asiatic and North American populations. Using the novel integration of the legal construct of substantial similarity with the comparative statistical tool of Jaccard's Index of Similarity, the Chinese script origin of 24 North American petroglyphs is firmly established.... Here is epigraphic proof that Asiatic explorers not only reached the Americas, but that they interacted positively with native North American people, long before any European expedition to the continent began..."
John's book is available for purchase at the following link: http://amzn.to/Owgew3
The Phoenicians - The Greatest Ancient Sailors Exhibition
For those of you who are visiting London in coming weeks, we would like to give a mention to "Phoenicia", a replica Phoenician ship which is currently moored at London's St Katharine Docks near Tower Bridge. On board there is a fascinating exhibition highlighting the factors that made the Phoenicians some of the greatest ancient sailors, detailing their innovations in ship construction, sailing and navigation. In addition, the exhibition includes ancient Phoenician artefacts and a collection of over 20 silver and gold Phoenician and Carthaginian coins, illustrating the importance of maritime trade and ships to the Phoenicians' success.
Conceived and directed by former British Royal Naval Officer and adventurer Philip Beale, the Phoenician Ship Expedition successfully achieved a 20,000 mile circumnavigation of Africa between 2008-10. The ship was designed in collaboration with leading marine archaeologists and was built on the ancient Phoenician island of Arwad in Syria, using traditional 600BC construction techniques and timbers. The ship has recently been sailed from Syria to London and the exhibition is now open to the public. We give it our hearty recommendation!
For further details please visit www.phoenicia.org.uk
In the meantime, please feel free to browse the links below at your leisure. There have been quite a lot of interesting developments in recent months pertaining to ancient maritime cultures, and we hope that you find them of interest.
Best wishes,
Gavin, Ian and the team
Main structure of Zheng He Treasure Ship completed:
http://bit.ly/OMC4cm
For decades, scientists thought that the Clovis hunters were the first to cross the Arctic to America. They were wrong - and now they need a better theory:
http://bit.ly/JeXVGq
Chinese archaeologists to begin excavation in Kenya:
http://bit.ly/LjCs0P
Cornish Bronze Age Boat Project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17775009
Did Ancient Drifters 'Discover' British Columbia?
http://bit.ly/Hd5SzR
Bronze Age Facebook!
http://bit.ly/KlJDlN
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