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Venetian traveler who explored Asia from 1271 to 1295. His Travels of Marco Polo was the only account of the Far East available to Europeans until the 17th century. (Add picture)

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BIGBABY (11)
03/16/2003
No evidence whatsoever that he ever even reached China, let along speak to them.

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CLAUDIO (0)
01/21/2003
Greatest explorer

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abichara (63)
03/14/2002
Marco Polo did a lot for European civilization. Prior to the 1200's, Europe was an insular society. Europeans blocked themselves from the rest of the world. Medieval ways of life to them were way superior to that of the rest of the world, at least according to them. Feudalism does not have it's merits. It was a backward way of life that seeked to advance only one percent of the engenered elite. Europe in the Middle Ages was the backwater of the world. Great discoveries were being made everywhere from Mesoamerica to China to Arabia. Marco Polo began the liberalization of Europe by opening it up to the rest of the world. He was the forerunner of the great explorers of the 15th Century. As a historical figure of Western Civilization, he deserves more credit for his accomplishments. Polo began a great cultural exchange between Western and Eastern civilizations. An example of this is that he introduced pasta to the Italians. The noodle was actually a Chinese invention. The Chinese had printing presses nearly a millenium before the Europeans ever had one. Gunpowder was introduced to the Europeans by the Chinese. Polo began the technological development of Western civilization and for that, he deserves a lot of credit.

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Lord of the Waves (0)
01/17/2002
Marco polo wasn't even an explorer. he was a trader who spent 20 years in the service of a mongol kahn. This is how he got maps.

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ellajedlicka21 (6)
10/19/2001
He discovered Chinese culture and food for the Europeans.

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