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While Marco Polo's writings would go on to inspire the likes of Christopher Columbus, scholars have long debated their veracity. Now, there's new evidence: a collection of fourteen little-known maps and related documents said to have belonged to the family of Marco Polo himself. The author offers an analysis of these artifacts.

The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps

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    A Hardback by Benjamin B. Olshin

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 29 October 2014
      ISBN-13 9780226149820
      978-0226149820
      ISBN-10 022614982X
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      Cartography, map-making and projections History of science

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      Book Synopsis
      While Marco Polo's writings would go on to inspire the likes of Christopher Columbus, scholars have long debated their veracity. Now, there's new evidence: a collection of fourteen little-known maps and related documents said to have belonged to the family of Marco Polo himself. The author offers an analysis of these artifacts.

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