L'Amérique sous le nom de pays de Fou-Sang

The book unfolds as a meticulous scholarly inquiry into whether ancient Asian sources ever spoke of lands across the ocean now called the Americas. It follows a diligent researcher who gathers transcriptions, normalized punctuation, and renumbered footnotes, weaving together the arguments of 18th‑century figures such as Guignes, Humboldt, and Klaproth. Early maps, cryptic Chinese annals, and the mysterious name “Fou‑sang” form a puzzle that suggests a continent was known long before Columbus.

The narrative then leads him to the archives of Oxford and London, where he copies faded Chinese passages and compares them with disputed European voyages. In lively correspondence with members of the Asiatic Society, he debates the significance of Scandinavian explorers who may have reached the far‑north of America and the way Chinese cartographers shrank distant territories into tiny islands. The tone stays curious and measured, inviting listeners to weigh the evidence and imagine a world where East and West shared a hidden geographical awareness.