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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Marco Polo
Born: September 15, 1254
Died: January 8, 1324 (aged 69)
Bio: Marco Polo was an Italian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.
Known for:
- The Travels of Marco Polo (1298)
- The Description of the World
- Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan
- The Customs of the Kingdoms of India
- Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian
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