[68skylark]

Cool post.

On a semi-related topic, does anyone know the most current thinking about Marco Polo? I think I read somewhere that people who study these things aren't really sure now that Marco Polo really made the trip he's credited with -- I guess there's a little speculation that the records of his journey might be an exaggeration. Hopefully that idea has been disproved -- I like the idea that Marco Polo actually made his trip.

[blam]

"I guess there's a little speculation that the records of his journey might be an exaggeration."

That's the latest that I've read. Some say he may never have left Bactria.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think most experts still accept that Marco Polo went to China. Frances Wood's book, Did Marco Polo Go to China? is an interesting read and treats the subject judiciously.