英国学者孟席斯最近出版了《1421年:中国人发现美洲》一书,宣称:由洪保所率领的一支郑和船队,曾抵达澳洲西南海岸,对沿海地区作了勘探,制作了地图;另一支由周满率领的郑和船队则在澳洲东南海岸登陆,对澳洲东部和北部沿海地区作了勘探并制作了地图。因此,是郑和船队分(?)发现了澳洲。孟席斯新说的最关键依据是《若昂·罗兹(Jean Rotz)地图》。 Menzies, the British scholar, recently published the book “1421: The Discovery of America in China”, stating that a Zheng He fleet led by Hong Baozong had arrived in the southwestern coast of Australia and made exploration and production of coastal areas Map; and another led by the week-long Zheng He fleet landed on the southeast coast of Australia, exploration and production of the map of the eastern and northern coasts of Australia. Therefore, Zheng He’s fleet points (?) Found Australia. Menzies’s new key is based on the “map of Jean Rotz.”