Read the New York Times Article: "A New THeory Puts Chinese Fleet Ahead of Columbus" and answer the following questions on the back of the article.
If you lost our copy of the article you can easily find it again by searching the article's title with the words New York Times and the date of the article (March 17, 2002.
Questions: (do NOTE have to be in SRF format)
1. Are there any discrepancies (disagreements) among historians about where Zheng He travelled to?
2. What are the main arguments AGAINST Mr. Menzies' theory?
3. What is Menzies' primary piece of evidence? What are the supplementary (supporting) pieces of evidence?
4. Is it ethical to call a historian's personality into question when discussing his theory? Why/Why not?
5. Was Zheng He really China's "Columbus"?
6. Is there enough evidence presented to support the theory that the explorations of Zheng He were ahead of Columbus and Magellean? Explain.
