
Fosco Maraini
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LOCATION: Florence 50125, Italy
Writer. Former Lecturer in Japanese, University of Florence. Author of Where Four Worlds Meet and others.
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years. His Il milione (“The Million”), known in English as the Travels of Marco Polo, is a classic of travel literature. Polo’s way was paved by the pioneering efforts…
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