Thus, given this was their second trip, and taking Marco Polo with them, they were less likely to get lost, to mistake another court for Cambaluc. It was likely that Marco Polo did get to Cambaluc. (Wood, pp. 29-38) The second point I want to state is that while most historians believe that Marco Polo did indeed reach China, in recent times some have proposed that he did not get that far, and only retold information he had heard from others...
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(Wood, pp. 29-38) The second point I want to state is that while most historians believe that Marco Polo did indeed reach China, in recent times some have proposed that he did not get that far, and only retold information he had heard from others. Those skeptics point out that, among other omissions, his account fails to mention Chinese writing, chopsticks, tea, foot binding, or the Great Wall...
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