Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324). Venetian merchant and aventurer. He traveled from Europe to Asia (1271-1295), remaining in China for seventeen of those years. Statue of Marco Polo, presented by the government of the celestial empire at the Geographical Exhibition in Venice 1881, Italy. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

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