[muawiyah]

Of course Polo went where he said he went and saw what he said he saw.

There were folks in the 1800s who also doubted the existence of Admiral He and the Treasure Fleet.

They were professional doubters who made money off the dime press questioning just everything ~ they even questioned every detail of the Bible. Then, one day, someone discovered cunuiform wedge filled fired clay tablets and Sumer was uncovered! The Brits figured out who Admiral He was. Polo's works were popularized and doubters were simply kicked aside.

It's hard to believe there continue to be folks who doubt Polo!

[Colorado Cowgirl]

“The story that it was Marco Polo who imported noodles to Italy and thereby gave birth to the country’s pasta culture is the most pervasive myth in the history of Italian food.”
(Dickie 2008, p.48). And I was ready to give him all the credit, but I still shout his name in the swimming pool.

[Zhang Fei]

There were folks in the 1800s who also doubted the existence of Admiral He and the Treasure Fleet.

That would be Admiral Zheng aka Ma Three Treasures (i.e. Ma the Eunuch) aka Hajji Mahmud Shamsuddin.