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7. Marco Polo reveals wondrous Cathay Famed Venetian traveler Marco Polo returned to Venice from a 24-year journey to Cathay in 1295 with trunks of fabulous treasures. His glowing accounts of the beauty and the riches of the distant East Asian land have begun to arouse European interest in trade with that part of the world. Click here for one of Polo's descriptive accounts. |