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In 2003,Paul Chiasson climbed a mountain he never explored on the island wherehe grew up. Cape Breton, one of the oldest points of explorationin the Americas, islittered with remnants of old settlements.The roadhe found that day was unique.Consistently wide and formerlybordered with stone walls, the road had been a major undertaking. For the next two years, he surveyed the history of Europeans in North America, and came to a stunning conclusion: The ruins he came upon did not belong to the Portuguese, French, or English andpre-dated John Cabot's "discovery" of the island in 1497. With aerial and site photographs, maps,drawings and his expertisein the history of architecture, Chiassonpieces together clues to one of the world's great mysteries. The Island of Seven Cities reveals the existence of a large Chinese colony that thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery and unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese were in the New World before Columbus.

保罗·夏亚松（Paul Chiasson）是耶鲁大学建筑学家，对宗教建筑理论与历史研究有相当的造诣。他出生于加拿大的布雷顿角岛，是从欧洲前来北美之最早移民的直系后裔。他曾在美国的耶鲁大学、美国天主教大学和加拿大的多伦多大学执教。