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Aug 24, 2026

Let’s continue our relaxing travels in The Wayback Machine and head back to the 1200s with more from Marco Polo and his epic journey through Asia to the court of the khans. This time, poisonous winds, treacherous plateau deserts, a false paradise, and the floating column of Samarkand. All totally true!

 

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Read “The Travels of Marco Polo” by Rustichello da Pisa at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10636

 

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