Who Discovered America?
The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas

I found this book after a curiosity with DNA research led me to it. I'm also a biologist and after having my own DNA run and discovering a huge percentage of what is called "Asian/Native American Admixture" I had to do more research. I'm Puerto rican and I knew I was part Native American but Asian??......more

When Menzies published 1421 he received a lot of attention. His theories threatened to shake up academe. Unlike other revisionists, he packs in a lot of references to beef up his claims. He draws on a variety of fields - biology, anthropology, linguistics, history, oceanography, etc. Consequently, i......more

A very interesting read. So much of the archaeological history of south and North America was unknown to me. I am convinced that Columbus was the last to discover America, after the Asians before then prehistoric Europeans.......more

I had read 1421 and was fascinated. Menzies has discovered and studied the fact that China launched the largest and most successful fleet for a voyage of discovery in the history of the world more than 70 years before Columbus. 1421 focuses on the archeology that supports his findings throughout Pol......more

Interesting topic but the text could have done with better editing. It would have been helpful too if there had been more maps/diagrams in the text about where was being discussed. Thankfully there is a reasonable good index. I bought the book thinking I would send it to a friend in Brazil, who is in......more