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Pale
Ink
by
Henriette
Mertz
[1953]
Pima T erritory, by Edward Curtis [1912] (Public Domain Image)
This is another attempt to investigate early Chinese transPacific contacts, written mid20th
century by a globetrotting patent attorney, Henriette Mertz. Like Charles Leland's Fusang,
written threequarters of a century before, Mertz depends heavily on ancient Chinese
geographical treatises to support her thesis that the Chinese explored the western United
States hundreds, maybe thousands of years before Europeans. The strongest part of the
book is her attempt to explain the available Chinese historical descriptions, even the most
fanciful parts, in terms of specific locations, animals, and cultures, for the most part
plausibly. On the downside, she misidentifies parts of the Hindu sacred texts as Buddhist,
and indulges in the amateur etymology game, with predictable results. But these factual
lapses seem to be peripheral to the book.
Mertz selfpublished this in 1953, and followed it up with a second edition in 1972, which
corrected many of the endemic typos in the first edition. The book was reissued in
paperback by Ballentine in 1975 as Gods from the Far East: How The Chinese
Discovered America (see cover), apparently in an effort to cash in on the Van Daniken
craze. However, Pale Ink is a much better effort than Van Daniken, as Mertz is not
obsessed with explaining every Native American technological advance as a borrowing
from unknown visitors.
The Chinese discovery of America continues to be a perennial theory. Most recently we've
seen 1421: The Year China Discovered America, by Gavin Menzies, and Voyages of the
Pyramid Builders, by Robert M. Schoch. Both of these books owe quite a lot to the work
of Henriette Mertz.
Title Page
Contents
Preface
Chapter I. Geographical Myths
Chapter II. Fusang
Chapter III. Chinese Whimsy?
Chapter IV. Kuen 327 and the LiangSseKong Ki
Chapter V. Mexican Legends
Chapter VI. Yucatan
Chapter VII. Related Items
Chapter VIII. The Buddhists
Chapter IX. A Matter of Words
Chapter X. Hwui Shan, Traveller par Excellence
Chapter XI. Early China
Chapter XII. The Shan Hai King
Chapter XIII. Across the Sea
Chapter XIV. The Great American Desert
Chapter XV. Conclusion
Author Biography
Pale Ink, by Henriette Mertz, [1953], at sacredtexts.com
PALE INK
TWO ANCIENT RECORDS
OF
CHINESE EXPLORATION
IN AMERICA
by
Henriette Mertz
[1953]
The original publisher of this book was Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Publisher, 410 South Michigan Ave. Chicago.
This was pasted over on the title page and back dust jacket with Ms. Mertz’ name and address. The reason for
this is unknown.—JBH
Front Dust Jacket and Spine
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