Do you know Marco Polo? In China ???

In me is child's time has read the Mark Polo's biography, is very interesting, hoped that you are also interested to his story .
Marco Polo[1254~1324], world-famous traveller, merchant. in 1254 was born in an Italian Venice merchant family, is also the travel aristocratic family. His father Nepal branch Luo river and uncle the Malaysian-Thai Austria is the Venetian merchant. Mark · Polo when 17 years old follows the father and uncle, the way Middle East, the lasted more than four years arrive at China, travelled for pleasure for 17 years in China. After the returning to homeland, left one "Mark · the Polo Travel notes" (also names "Mark · the Polo Line To record", "the East Smells Record"). Has recorded him in the Eastern richest country - - China's what one sees and hears, aroused the European to yearn for warmly to the East, has had the huge influence to the later new route's opening. At the same time, the West geographer according to the book in description, has also drawn up the early time “the world map .
Was precisely he the mystical Eastern culture belt to the West!

Written by my friend on www.worldpolis.com

link: http://www.worldpolis.com/index.php?module=details_article&act=Details_article&aid=409&ridd=336

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