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Events relating to marco polo
Paper money is developed in China, becoming later one of the aspects of Chinese life which most impresses Marco Polo
Marco Polo, woodcut 1477
Marco Polo, aged seventeen, sets off from Venice on his journey to the east
Marco Polo is presented to Kublai Khan in Xanadu, and according to his own account makes a very good impression
Marco Polo is back in Venice after an absence of 25 years in the east
Marco Polo, in prison in Genoa, is persuaded by a fellow prisoner to narrate his adventures
The Japanese use an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Beijing, as the pretext for an attack on China