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Greetings and welcome to the January 2014 newsletter!
We hope that you all had a nice Christmas, and that you are looking forward to a happy and healthy 2014!
In this issue:
* Who Discovered America?
* Independent research
* Other items of interest
* A personal note from Gavin
Who Discovered America?
We have been especially busy these last few months, not least with the launch of our new book, Who Discovered America? The book was published on Columbus Day, October 14th, 2013, and received some good press coverage in the USA and UK, as well as some great reviews on www.Amazon.com
If you have read the book and enjoyed it, then we'd be extremely grateful if you could post a review up on Amazon ( http://amzn.to/18zBTKL ) or similar websites. If you didn't enjoy the book, then we'd love to hear why!
You can read more about the book, and listen to various interviews at the following links:
Who Discovered America? http://www.gavinmenzies.net/books/
Article on the Mail Online site: http://dailym.ai/19F4oNe
Article on Yahoo site: http://yhoo.it/KovUSU
Gavin Menzies is interviewed on "Coast to Coast AM": http://bit.ly/1izj3fg
Ian Hudson is interviewed on "Butler on Business": http://bit.ly/19F4vs6
Independent research
Some of our research colleagues have also been busy. Both Dr. S.L. Lee, and Charlotte Harris Rees have been on lecture tours in the Far East, promoting their new research.
You can read more about Dr. Lee's research on the Matteo Ricci 1602 world map here:
http://bit.ly/1gwXzN9
You can read more about Charlotte Harris Rees' new book Did Ancient Chinese Explore America? here:
http://bit.ly/JyRCng
We are pleased to announce publication of the second edition of John Ruskamp's Asiatic Echoes - The Identification of Ancient Chinese Pictograms in pre-Columbian North American Rock Writing. Further details here: http://bit.ly/1cNEfue
We have also recently been made aware of the research of Donald Yates into Native American history - you can find out more here: http://bit.ly/1eg5Bre
Other items of interest
Below are a few other links to interesting stories which we have come across in recent months.
Author Celia Heil's new picture book brings to light new information on the lacquer technology of Mexico and its direct link to Asian lacquer ware, technology, materials, and decorative styles: http://bit.ly/1a6uHdf
Beijing's 'Forbidden City' Built Using Ice Roads, Ancient Documents Reveal: http://huff.to/1dttOMC
New Dates for Alaska's Fluted Spear Points Raise Questions: http://bit.ly/1hm6pjr
Ancient DNA links Europe to America - the genome of a boy who died in central Siberia 24,000 years ago sheds light on the origins of Native Americans: http://bbc.in/ICH8Cf
Finally, we leave you with a personal note from Gavin:
Dear friends,
Please accept my apologies for the delay in replying to your recent emails. There are three reasons for this. First, I had a major operation at the end of November and was advised to take six months off work. Secondly, I spent 2 weeks over Christmas recuperating abroad, and thirdly we received over Christmas substantial quantities of emails, many with fascinating new evidence which merited detailed consideration.
As a result of these events I have concluded that it is necessary to raise funds to enable us to employ researchers to help my colleague Ian Hudson - Ian has borne the load for 10 years and recently I have not been a lot of help to him.
So, this will be my major preoccupation over the next 3 months. We will keep you appraised of our progress. In the meantime, if you have any ideas of how to go about securing research funds, Ian and I would be grateful to hear about it. We are looking to raise $100,000 USD over the next 3 years in order that we may keep our website, team and research ongoing. This is a huge challenge, but we know that it will be worth it in the end!
We hope that you have enjoyed reading this newsletter, and ask you to please forward it on to anyone else who might like it too!
With our very best wishes for 2014,
Gavin, Ian and the team
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