Marcopolo
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and traveler who was known for his stories about a trip to Asia.
Travel of Marco Polo is a valuable source on the geography , ethnography, history of Armenia, Iran, China, Mongolia, India, Indonesia and other countries in the Middle Ages. This book has had a significant influence on the explorers, cartographers, writers XIV-XVI centuries. Also it was on the ship of Christopher Columbus during his search for a path to India.