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  2. The Travels of Marco Polo - Wikipedia

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    Book of the Marvels of the World (Italian: Il Milione, lit. 'The Million', possibly derived from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), [1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo.

  3. Marco Polo - Wikipedia

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    They note that the Great Wall familiar to us today is a Ming structure built some two centuries after Marco Polo's travels; and that the Mongol rulers whom Polo served controlled territories both north and south of today's wall, and would have had no reasons to maintain any fortifications that might have remained there from the earlier ...

  4. File:Travels of Marco Polo.svg - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Travels of Marco Polo. Map sources used: ... The Travels of Marco Polo; Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Dec 2009; Global file usage.

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  6. Jave la Grande - Wikipedia

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    This confusion was greater on the earlier Dieppe maps of the 1540s where Java Minor and Java Major (Jave la Grande) were transposed, apparently in accordance with Marco Polo's statement that Java Major was "the greatest island in the world". In the Dieppe maps, Jave la Grande was made a part of the Antarctic continent, Terra Australis. [10]

  7. Denis Belliveau - Wikipedia

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    Denis Belliveau is an American photographer, author and explorer notable for retracing Marco Polo's route from Europe to Asia and back, a feat which culminated in the publication of the documentary and book titled In the Footsteps of Marco Polo; [2] the documentary has been used by Belliveau to create a unique interdisciplinary educational curriculum that he presents at schools and libraries ...

  8. Niccolò and Maffeo Polo - Wikipedia

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    It is usually said that the Polos used the Northern Silk Road although the possibility of a southern route has been advanced. [7] The Polos spent the next 17 years in China. According to The Travels of Marco Polo (Il Milione), Kublai Khan took a liking to Marco, who was an engaging storyteller. He was sent on many diplomatic missions throughout ...

  9. Fra Mauro map - Wikipedia

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    In the map, many new location names and several verbatim descriptions were taken directly from de Conti's account. The "trustworthy source" whom Fra Mauro quotes is thought to have been de' Conti himself. The book of travels of Marco Polo is also believed to be one of the most important sources of information, in particular about East Asia. For ...

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