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Write the information about the Geographical discovery and explorer.
Macro Polo
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Solution
- The Italian traveller, Marco Polo, introduced China and other Asian countries to Europe.
- He stayed in China in the royal court of Kubalai Khan.
- There he studied Mongolian and Chinese languages.
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