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Who was Marco Polo?
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian traveller. When he was 17, he journeyed with his father and uncle to the court of Kublai Khan, ruler of the Mongols. Polo was the first European to travel across the entire width of Asia.
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Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan
 
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