Re: big ships (was Re: Cos-B: 30 Years On...)
- From: fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons)
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:14:04 GMT
henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Spencer) wrote:
>In article <4306eada.54296678@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>The whole affair of Zheng He's ships is a shining example of what
>>happens when politics and racism replace science.
>
>Alternatively, it was a shining example of what happens when curiosity (be
>it scientific or otherwise) and rulers' pride are deemed the *only* proper
>motives for exploration.
I wasn't talking then, I was talking about *today*. (Not that you
don't make an interesting point about then.) Tales of vast ships have
been created and propogated as facts when they are but ill supported
suppositions. (The existence of the fleet is a certainty, there is in
fact little evidence for the size and composition therof.)
D.
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