A thought provoking find, indeed! I doubt it is a hoax, but that is always a possibility. I always believed that the Atlantic ocean was crossed sometime before Columbus or the Vikings. Of equal interest is the search for Atlantis. You may have heard of this legendary island (duh!) New evidence points to South America, specifically from Bolivia into Brazil and parts of Venezuela, as well as the South China Sea. Here is site incase you're interested.
http://www.atlan.org/
It's all very interesting, we advanced humans discovering our own past.
[ January 25, 2002: Message edited by: MrBoj ]