View source for Marco Polo

<div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:polo.jpg]]</div>

'''Marco Polo''' was an explorer who wrote a great deal about his travels to [[China]] in the [[13th century]]. He claimed he was well received in the [[court]] of [[Kublai Khan]] but there is little Chinese evidence to verify his presence. While his writing doesn't mention [[chopstick]]s or the [[Chinese]] writing system, it does discuss strange technologies like [[kite]]s that lift men and fireworks that certainly aren't [[Europe]]an.

His book, ''Il Milione'' ("The Million" aka "The Travels of Marco Polo"), was written in the [[Provencal]] language once he had returned to Europe.
[[category:people (medieval)]]