Did Ancient Chinese Explore America?

My Journey Through the Rocky Mountains to Find Answers

A Chinese classic, the Shan Hai Jing, reportedly from 2000 BC claimed travels to the ends of the earth. However, today many, while accepting the antiquity of this account, believe it was just mythology. But was it?

Testing the hypothesis that the Shan Hai Jing described actual surveys of North America, Charlotte Harris Rees, author of books about early Chinese exploration, followed an alleged 1100 mile Chinese trek along the eastern slope of the US Rocky Mountains. The Chinese account should have been easy to disprove.

In the travelogue Did Ancient Chinese Explore America? Rees candidly shares her initial doubts then her search and discoveries. She weaves together history, subtle humor, academic studies, and many photographs to tell a compelling story.

A recently deciphered petroglyph along the route contains names of two Shang Dynasty Chinese monarchs. That petroglyph has been authenticated by a leading expert in ancient Chinese script.

Review:

"I wholeheartedly recommend every Rees book - engaging in style and consistently advancing knowledge. Charlotte Harris Rees is intrepid, matchless authority on ancient maps, author of pioneer expanding books, possessed of all sterling qualities required for original scientific erudition, which she fearlessly resumes."
Cyclone Covey, PhD in History from Stanford University
Professor Emeritus, Wake Forest University

"You should earn several prizes for this book. The writing is precise and understandable to anyone who reads English. The photos are magnificent, the quality of paper is beautiful and pleasant to feel as one turns the exiting pages of careful, logical research.The maps make the narrative understandable to those of us who are unfamiliar with the areas of North America that you wrote about."
K. J. PrestidgeTV Host, NY

This book is a result of years of extra-ordinary devotion and dedication of the author who has a global vision in human history. It links one of China's most mysterious ancient texts, the Shanhai Jing, to the geography of North America when maritime technology was in its infancy. This book refuels our on-going debate on the possible achievements made by East Asians ahead of many other civilisations in world history.
Dr. Kent G. Deng, London School of EconomicsAuthor: Chinese Maritime Activities and Socioeconomic Activities, c. 2100 BC - 1900 AD

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