Ep. 41 | Wang Dayuan: a Chinese explorer that visited Australia in the 1300s? | 航海家汪大渊

There have been claims on the internet that Chinese maritime explorer Wang Dayuan visited Australia in the 1300s, 300 years before the first European set their sights on the continent.

Today we will dive into Wang Dayuan’s life and travels, and explore this claim: did Wang Dayuan visit Australia? Or is this purely fictional?

 

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