(August 10, 2012 at 11:16 pm)Stimbo Wrote:Yeah, the person states that Amerigo is a Muslim with no source.(August 10, 2012 at 11:09 pm)Sami_23 Wrote: What do you have say about Cheng He? A Chinese Muslim who travelled the world and actually visited pre-columbus america. There is a Chinese document known as Sung document records the voyage of Muslim sailors to a land called as Mu-Lan-Pi (America) in 1178. Again this was before columbus.
On Amerigo, this link seems to suggest that he converted to Islam http://www.blurtit.com/q1392129.html
However, I highly doubt that!
I'm glad you do doubt that, for if we go by some of the articles I've seen on my travels around the web, just about every famous and not-so-famous figure in history converted to Islam. Even Charles Darwin apparently converted on his deathbed; presumably when he wasn't nattering to the Lady Hope who never met him, of course.
On Cheng He, I have nothing to say. Presumably he left no extant legacy as far as America is concerned, unlike Ameryk who only gave his name to it (most likely, at least).
@Rayaan, sure. I thought it's Islam related since it's about Muslims but it's completely up to you.
