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GavinMenzies.net Newsletter

May 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

May 27th 2010

Greetings and welcome to the May 2010 newsletter! Book launches at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) The book launches on April 16th at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) were very well received. In spite of the volcanic eruption in Iceland which left one of our star speakers stuck on the tarmac in Washington DC, the turn out was great, and the atmosphere electric. We made a video of the event which contains exclusive footage of the launches for ‘Lost Treasures of Atlantis’ and ‘World Trade and Biological Exchanges before 1492.’ If you are interested in purchasing a copy please send us an email with ‘DVD’ in the subject line. To read a Press release regarding “Lost Treasures of Atlantis” please click here: http://www.gavinmenzies.net/assets_cm/files/microsoft/orionltaannouncementapril2010.doc [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.qhrsirdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gavinmenzies.net%2Fassets_cm%2Ffiles%2Fmicrosoft%2Forionltaannouncementapril2010.doc] To visit John Sorenson and Carl Johannessen’s website please visit: http://www.archivesofculturalexchanges.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.nlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archivesofculturalexchanges.org%2F]

It’s Rainmaking Time! Gavin once again featured on “It’s Rainmaking Time!” with Kim Greenhouse. This time he was discussing the controversial subject of peer review, with Dr. Tim Ball. To listen to the show please click here: http://itsrainmakingtime.com/2010/peerreview/ [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.olggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fitsrainmakingtime.com%2F2010%2Fpeerreview%2F]

Zheng He in Time Magazine Please click on the following link to read a recent piece about Zheng He in Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1969939,00.html?xid=rss-fullworld-yahoo#ixzz0hnV9TAsk [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.plggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fworld%2Farticle%2F0%2C8599%2C1969939%2C00.html%3Fxid%3Drss-fullworld-yahoo%23ixzz0hnV9TAsk]

Charlotte Harris Rees Charlotte’s radio interview with George Noory on “Coast to Coast” on January 20th went well. It brought almost 30,000 visitors to her web site and many interesting e-mails. To listen to the interview please visit the following links: Part 1 of 3 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.qlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS6McS22IoBA] Part 2 of 3 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.rlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVHk1V3ZpSwg] Part 3 of 3 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.slggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLryK06ILmF0] To listen to Charlotte’s interview on “It’s rainmaking time” click here: [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.tlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df0yCBPhMJLw] [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.ulggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWb-XIR60awM] To read an article in the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, about Charlotte’s ongoing research please click here: http://www.gavinmenzies.net/assets_cm/files/pdf/schinamorningpost.pdf [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.vlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gavinmenzies.net%2Fassets_cm%2Ffiles%2Fpdf%2Fschinamorningpost.pdf]

New Chinese government initiative Plans to search for ancient Chinese shipwrecks off the east coast of Africa: It seems that the Chinese government have put forward a new plan to search for ancient Chinese ships wrecked off the African coast. According to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, BEIJING — China and Kenya plan to search for ancient Chinese ships wrecked almost 600 years ago off Africa’s east coast. An agreement was signed for a three-year project funded by China’s Commerce Ministry to explore waters near the popular tourist towns of Malindi and Lamu, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. Exploration work will be conducted for up to three months each year, with the first group of Chinese archaeologists due to arrive as early as July, Xinhua said. The sunken ships are believed to have been part of a massive fleet led by Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He that reached Malindi in 1418. Kenyan lore has long told of shipwrecked Chinese sailors settling in the region and marrying local women. News on China’s new prerogative for exploring her ancient wrecks and exploring the concept of the “Maritime Silk Road”: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90873/6938529.html [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.wlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.people.com.cn%2F90001%2F90782%2F90873%2F6938529.html]

“Weird or what?”

Those of you in the USA (and elsewhere with Discovery Channel) can watch this program about the 3000-year old Chinese stone anchors uncovered off the Los Angeles coast. Dr S.L. Lee, who holds a Ming dynasty brass medallion, will be featured with the pioneer diver Bob Meistrell, who retrieved the stone anchors that have been determined to be made of rocks originating from the coast of China. “Weird or what?” series, Episode 6, will be aired on Discovery Channel on June 2, 8pm and 11pm US Eastern Time. Time and date may be different for other regions. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=1.13896.26136.38897.6 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7uleevdab.0.xlggevdab.tynngwbab.0&ts=S0491&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdsc.discovery.com%2Ftv-schedules%2Fseries.html%3Fpaid%3D1.13896.26136.38897.6] We look forward to viewing the show in due course. If you have found this newsletter of interest, please feel free to pass it on to friends and family, and help us spread the word! Best wishes, The Gavin Menzies research team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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