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Christopher Columbus's copy of Marco Polo's book, "The Description of the World". Chr…, 2001 (photo)

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Christopher Columbus's copy of Marco Polo's book, "The Description of the World". Chr…, 2001 (photo)
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Yamashita, Michael / American
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Date
2001 AD (C21st AD)
Shooting Date
01/01/2001
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Christopher Columbus's copy of Marco Polo's book, "The Description of the World". Christopher Columbus was a careful reader of Il Milione: he filled his copy of the book (now in Seville) with margin notes. Photo by Michael Yamashita

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Asia / Spain / Europe / explorer / exploration / history / Italy / book / Polo Marco (1254-1324) / silk road / Seville / Andalucia / photo / mzphoto / National Geographic photographer
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