Site plan showing the Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum from Bevan, A, Kun, Z, Li, X.J., Martinón-Torres, M, Rehren, T and Xia, Y 2011
Maximum-likelihood tree illustrating human phylogenetic relationships, reprinted from Figure 2 from “Polymorphic Alu Insertions and the Asian Origin of Native American Populations” by Gabriel Novick et al., in Human Biology: The International Journal of Population Genetics and Anthropology 70, no. 1. Copyright © Wayne State University Press, with the permission of Wayne State University Press.
Minoan seals depicting ships with masts and rigging: Andrea Salimbeti, http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/ships.htm
Plan of La Venta Ceremonial Center by Map Master
Analysis by Dr. Mike Xu of engraved writings on excavated stones found at La Venta: http://www.chinese.tcu.edu/www_chinese3_tcu_edu.htm
Points and meridians in traditional Chinese medicine compared with points and wind channels in Mayan medicine. From Wind in the Blood: Mayan Healing and Chinese Medicine by Hernán García, Antonio Sierra, and Gilberto Balám. English translation by Jeff Conant, published by North Atlantic Books, copyright © 1999 by Hernán García, Antonio Sierra, and Gilberto Balám. Reprinted by permission of publisher.
Precession of the Earth’s axis © Hui Chieh, www.mydarksky.org
Reproduction of Oriental horseman described by Father Antonio de la Calancha, from a huaca in Trujillo, Peru. From Francisco A. Loayza (Chinos llegaron antes de Colón, Lima, D. Miranda 1948)
Map of the Ancash province in Peru containing a plethora of villages and small towns with Chinese names, from Francisco A. Loayza (Chinos llegaron antes de Colón, Lima, D. Miranda 1948)
Map of Peru—the dots on this map show Peruvian names that correspond with geographical names of China, from Francisco A. Loayza (Chinos llegaron antes de Colón, Lima, D. Miranda 1948)
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