About 750 years ago, a man named Marco Polo went to China.

大约750年前，一个叫马可波罗的人来到中国。

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In 1271, Marco Polo with his father and uncle set foot on the road to China. It took him four years.

1271年，马可波罗与他的父亲和叔叔踏上了去往中国的道路。路途耗费了四年的时间。

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Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China.

马可·波罗可能通过中国之旅把风筝带了回来。

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More recently, Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus discovered new lands while seeking to expand trade with spice-growing areas in Asia.

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The author himself was blessed with a curious and unpredictable mind, his subjects including alchemy, Antarctica, Nordic tales, Marco Polo, Mayan sculpture and the quest for gold in the New World.

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It also has the only five-star hotel in Russia outside Moscow and St Petersburg, put there in a fit of premature optimism by an Austrian chain, Marco Polo, and later turned over to local management.

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