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Explorador y mercader veneciano que viajó a través de Asia (1254–1324)
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Marco Polo fue un mercader, explorador y escritor veneciano que viajó a través de Asia a lo largo de la Silk Road entre 1271 y 1295. Sus viajes están registrados en The Travels of Marco Polo, un libro que describió la cultura entonces misteriosa y los funcionamientos internos del mundo oriental, incluyendo la riqueza y el gran tamaño del Mongol Empire y China bajo la dinastía Yuan, dando a los europeos su primera mirada integral a China, Persia, India, Japón y otras sociedades asiáticas.
“Non ho scritto neppure la metà delle cose che ho visto.”
“I must tell you that in all this province of Maabar there is no master tailor or dressmaker to cut or stitch cloth, because the people go stark naked all the year round. . . . The king wears no more than the others, apart from certain ornaments of which I will tell you. . . . Suffice it that he wears in all so many gems and pearls that their price exceeds that of a fine city.”
“Io parlo parlo ... ma chi m'ascolta ritiene solo le parole che aspetta. ... Chi comanda al racconto non è la voce: è l'orecchio.”
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