Paul Chiasson

Paul Chiasson is a Canadian architect and author of The Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America, published 2006 by St. Martin's Press. In his book, he explains his thesis that Chinese voyagers settled in the Cape Dauphin area of Nova Scotia several years before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. He suggests that the indigenous Mi'kmaq culture was influenced by these people, offering evidence in the form of possible archaeological remains, customs, costumes, art and other material culture.

His theory was refuted by provincial archeologists, who found that Chiasson's physical evidence of Chinese settlement—an allegedly ancient road and stone wall—were actually built in the mid- to late 20th century.

References

Sources

• Andrew Hanam, "The Island of 7 Cities Exposed." http://www.1421exposed.com/html/exposed.html
• HistoryWire Book review
• 1421Exposed Book review

See also

• Gavin Menzies