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00000080: 55 4E 44 49 4E 47 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 4E 49 54 |UNDING THAT INIT|
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000000C0: 54 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 4F 54 48 45 52 20 4D 45 |TS FROM OTHER ME|
000000D0: 52 43 48 41 4E 54 53 0D 43 4F 4E 46 49 52 4D 45 |RCHANTS.CONFIRME|
000000E0: 44 20 D0 4F 4C 4F 27 53 20 4F 42 53 45 52 56 41 |D .OLO'S OBSERVA|
000000F0: 54 49 4F 4E 53 2C 20 48 49 53 0D 57 52 49 54 49 |TIONS, HIS.WRITI|
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00000120: 0D 46 4F 52 20 4D 41 4E 59 20 59 45 41 52 53 20 |.FOR MANY YEARS |
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00000150: 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 C6 41 52 |ATION OF THE .AR|
00000160: 20 C5 41 53 54 0D 49 4E 20 C5 55 52 4F 50 45 2E | .AST.IN .UROPE.|
00000170: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 CD 41 52 43 4F 20 57 41 53 20 |. .ARCO WAS |
00000180: 41 43 54 55 41 4C 4C 59 20 4E 4F 54 20 54 48 45 |ACTUALLY NOT THE|
00000190: 20 46 49 52 53 54 0D 4F 46 20 48 49 53 20 46 41 | FIRST.OF HIS FA|
000001A0: 4D 49 4C 59 20 54 4F 20 45 58 50 4C 4F 52 45 20 |MILY TO EXPLORE |
000001B0: C3 48 49 4E 41 3B 20 48 49 53 0D 46 41 54 48 45 |.HINA; HIS.FATHE|
000001C0: 52 20 CE 49 43 43 4F 4C 4F 20 41 4E 44 20 48 49 |R .ICCOLO AND HI|
000001D0: 53 20 55 4E 43 4C 45 20 CD 41 46 46 45 4F 0D 48 |S UNCLE .AFFEO.H|
000001E0: 41 44 20 54 52 41 56 45 4C 45 44 20 54 48 45 52 |AD TRAVELED THER|
000001F0: 45 20 49 4E 20 31 32 36 30 2D 31 32 36 39 2E 20 |E IN 1260-1269. |
00000200: D7 48 45 4E 0D 54 48 45 59 20 52 45 54 55 52 4E |.HEN.THEY RETURN|
00000210: 45 44 20 54 4F 20 C3 48 49 4E 41 20 49 4E 20 31 |ED TO .HINA IN 1|
00000220: 32 37 31 2C 20 54 48 45 59 0D 54 4F 4F 4B 20 54 |271, THEY.TOOK T|
00000230: 48 45 20 31 37 2D 59 45 41 52 20 4F 4C 44 20 CD |HE 17-YEAR OLD .|
00000240: 41 52 43 4F 20 41 4C 4F 4E 47 2C 0D 41 52 52 49 |ARCO ALONG,.ARRI|
00000250: 56 49 4E 47 20 49 4E 20 D3 48 41 4E 2D 54 55 2C |VING IN .HAN-TU,|
00000260: 20 54 48 45 20 53 55 4D 4D 45 52 0D 43 41 50 49 | THE SUMMER.CAPI|
00000270: 54 41 4C 20 4F 46 20 CB 55 42 4C 41 20 CB 48 41 |TAL OF .UBLA .HA|
00000280: 4E 2C 20 49 4E 20 31 32 37 35 2E 20 CD 41 52 43 |N, IN 1275. .ARC|
00000290: 4F 0D 52 41 50 49 44 4C 59 20 57 4F 4E 20 54 48 |O.RAPIDLY WON TH|
000002A0: 45 20 4B 48 41 4E 27 53 20 46 41 56 4F 52 20 41 |E KHAN'S FAVOR A|
000002B0: 4E 44 20 46 4F 52 0D 54 48 45 20 4E 45 58 54 20 |ND FOR.THE NEXT |
000002C0: 31 37 20 59 45 41 52 53 20 42 45 43 41 4D 45 20 |17 YEARS BECAME |
000002D0: 41 20 50 45 52 53 4F 4E 41 4C 0D 53 45 52 56 41 |A PERSONAL.SERVA|
000002E0: 4E 54 2C 20 52 4F 41 4D 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 |NT, ROAMING THE |
000002F0: 45 4D 50 49 52 45 2E 20 D4 48 45 20 4B 48 41 4E |EMPIRE. .HE KHAN|
00000300: 0D 53 4F 20 4C 49 4B 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 46 41 |.SO LIKED THE FA|
00000310: 4D 49 4C 59 20 48 45 20 57 41 53 20 55 4E 57 49 |MILY HE WAS UNWI|
00000320: 4C 4C 49 4E 47 0D 54 4F 20 4C 45 54 20 54 48 45 |LLING.TO LET THE|
00000330: 4D 20 4C 45 41 56 45 2C 20 42 55 54 20 48 45 20 |M LEAVE, BUT HE |
00000340: 46 49 4E 41 4C 4C 59 0D 52 45 4C 45 4E 54 45 44 |FINALLY.RELENTED|
00000350: 20 49 4E 20 31 32 39 32 2C 20 41 4C 4C 4F 57 49 | IN 1292, ALLOWI|
00000360: 4E 47 20 54 48 45 4D 20 54 4F 20 47 4F 0D 54 4F |NG THEM TO GO.TO|
00000370: 20 D0 45 52 53 49 41 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 44 49 50 | .ERSIA ON A DIP|
00000380: 4C 4F 4D 41 54 49 43 20 4D 49 53 53 49 4F 4E 2C |LOMATIC MISSION,|
00000390: 0D 41 4E 44 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 |.AND FROM THERE |
000003A0: 54 48 45 59 20 52 45 54 55 52 4E 45 44 20 54 4F |THEY RETURNED TO|
000003B0: 0D D6 45 4E 49 43 45 20 49 4E 20 31 32 39 35 2E |..ENICE IN 1295.|
000003C0: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 CD 41 52 43 4F 20 57 41 53 20 |. .ARCO WAS |
000003D0: 49 4D 50 52 49 53 4F 4E 45 44 20 41 20 53 48 4F |IMPRISONED A SHO|
000003E0: 52 54 0D 54 49 4D 45 20 4C 41 54 45 52 20 57 48 |RT.TIME LATER WH|
000003F0: 45 4E 20 48 45 20 57 41 53 20 54 41 4B 45 4E 20 |EN HE WAS TAKEN |
00000400: 50 52 49 53 4F 4E 45 52 0D 49 4E 20 41 20 4E 41 |PRISONER.IN A NA|
00000410: 56 41 4C 20 42 41 54 54 4C 45 20 41 47 41 49 4E |VAL BATTLE AGAIN|
00000420: 53 54 20 54 48 45 0D C7 45 4E 4F 45 53 45 2E 20 |ST THE..ENOESE. |
00000430: D7 48 49 4C 45 20 48 45 20 57 41 53 20 49 4E 43 |.HILE HE WAS INC|
00000440: 41 52 43 45 52 41 54 45 44 2C 0D 48 45 20 44 49 |ARCERATED,.HE DI|
00000450: 43 54 41 54 45 44 20 48 49 53 20 53 54 4F 52 59 |CTATED HIS STORY|
00000460: 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 57 52 49 54 45 52 0D D2 | TO THE WRITER..|
00000470: 55 53 54 49 43 48 45 4C 4C 4F 2E 20 CD 41 52 43 |USTICHELLO. .ARC|
00000480: 4F 27 53 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D 49 43 20 44 45 54 |O'S SYSTEMIC DET|
00000490: 41 49 4C 0D 41 4E 44 20 41 4D 41 5A 49 4E 47 20 |AIL.AND AMAZING |
000004A0: 44 49 53 43 4F 56 45 52 49 45 53 2C 20 4F 4E 43 |DISCOVERIES, ONC|
000004B0: 45 0D 53 55 42 53 54 41 4E 54 49 41 54 45 44 2C |E.SUBSTANTIATED,|
000004C0: 20 42 45 43 41 4D 45 20 41 20 53 54 52 4F 4E 47 | BECAME A STRONG|
000004D0: 0D 49 4D 50 45 54 55 53 20 46 4F 52 20 45 58 50 |.IMPETUS FOR EXP|
000004E0: 4C 4F 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 |LORATION OF THE |
000004F0: C6 41 52 0D C5 41 53 54 2C 20 49 4E 53 50 49 52 |.AR..AST, INSPIR|
00000500: 49 4E 47 20 53 55 43 48 20 47 52 45 41 54 20 45 |ING SUCH GREAT E|
00000510: 58 50 4C 4F 52 45 52 53 0D 41 53 20 C3 48 52 49 |XPLORERS.AS .HRI|
00000520: 53 54 4F 50 48 45 52 20 C3 4F 4C 55 4D 42 55 53 |STOPHER .OLUMBUS|
00000530: 2C 20 C8 49 53 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 57 41 53 0D 56 |, .IS WORK WAS.V|
00000540: 49 52 54 55 41 4C 4C 59 20 41 4C 4F 4E 45 20 41 |IRTUALLY ALONE A|
00000550: 53 20 54 48 45 20 41 55 54 48 4F 52 49 54 59 20 |S THE AUTHORITY |
00000560: 46 4F 52 0D 54 48 45 20 52 45 47 49 4F 4E 20 55 |FOR.THE REGION U|
00000570: 4E 54 49 4C 20 54 48 45 20 CA 45 53 55 49 54 20 |NTIL THE .ESUIT |
00000580: 4D 49 53 53 49 4F 4E 41 52 59 0D CD 41 54 54 45 |MISSIONARY..ATTE|
00000590: 4F 20 D2 49 43 43 49 20 50 55 42 4C 49 53 48 45 |O .ICCI PUBLISHE|
000005A0: 44 20 41 4E 20 41 44 44 45 4E 44 55 4D 2C 0D 53 |D AN ADDENDUM,.S|
000005B0: 4F 4D 45 20 33 30 30 20 59 45 41 52 53 20 4C 41 |OME 300 YEARS LA|
000005C0: 54 45 52 2C 20 49 4E 20 31 36 31 35 2E 0D 0D 2E |TER, IN 1615....|
000005D0: 43 4F 32 0D D0 52 45 53 53 20 C6 37 20 54 4F 20 |CO2..RESS .7 TO |
000005E0: 42 41 43 4B 20 55 50 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D |BACK UP..... |
.RVA.MARCO POLO, C. 1254-1324, WAS A.VEN
ETIAN EXPLORER AND MERCHANT WHOSE.EYEWIT
NESS ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVAILS IN.ASIA WAS
SO ASTOUNDING THAT INITIALLY.HE WAS BRA
NDED A LIAR. AFTER FURTHER.REPORTS FROM
OTHER MERCHANTS.CONFIRMED POLO'S OBSERVA
TIONS, HIS.WRITINGS BECAME IMMENSELY POP
ULAR AND.FOR MANY YEARS REPRESENTED THE.
PRIMARY VISUALIZATION OF THE FAR EAST.IN
EUROPE.. MARCO WAS ACTUALLY NOT THE
FIRST.OF HIS FAMILY TO EXPLORE CHINA; H
IS.FATHER NICCOLO AND HIS UNCLE MAFFEO.H
AD TRAVELED THERE IN 1260-1269. WHEN.THE
Y RETURNED TO CHINA IN 1271, THEY.TOOK T
HE 17-YEAR OLD MARCO ALONG,.ARRIVING IN
SHAN-TU, THE SUMMER.CAPITAL OF KUBLA KHA
N, IN 1275. MARCO.RAPIDLY WON THE KHAN'S
FAVOR AND FOR.THE NEXT 17 YEARS BECAME
A PERSONAL.SERVANT, ROAMING THE EMPIRE.
THE KHAN.SO LIKED THE FAMILY HE WAS UNWI
LLING.TO LET THEM LEAVE, BUT HE FINALLY.
RELENTED IN 1292, ALLOWING THEM TO GO.TO
PERSIA ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION,.AND FRO
M THERE THEY RETURNED TO.VENICE IN 1295.
. MARCO WAS IMPRISONED A SHORT.TIME
LATER WHEN HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER.IN A NA
VAL BATTLE AGAINST THE.GENOESE. WHILE HE
WAS INCARCERATED,.HE DICTATED HIS STORY
TO THE WRITER.RUSTICHELLO. MARCO'S SYST
EMIC DETAIL.AND AMAZING DISCOVERIES, ONC
E.SUBSTANTIATED, BECAME A STRONG.IMPETUS
FOR EXPLORATION OF THE FAR.EAST, INSPIR
ING SUCH GREAT EXPLORERS.AS CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS, HIS WORK WAS.VIRTUALLY ALONE A
S THE AUTHORITY FOR.THE REGION UNTIL THE
JESUIT MISSIONARY.MATTEO RICCI PUBLISHE
D AN ADDENDUM,.SOME 300 YEARS LATER, IN
1615....CO2.PRESS F7 TO BACK UP.....
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