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Subject: Re: World exploration by Europe
From: Charles Manoras
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"mike3" <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 3:05 pm, Stephen Graham <grah...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>> Bill Johnston wrote:
>> > As for why nobody went to Asia before Marco Polo- the Pax Mongolica
>> > really facilitated travel across central Asia, and the Mongols were
>> > very receptive to foreigners.
>>
>> Lots of people went to Asia before Marco Polo. Many of them were Arabs
>> or from Arab-controlled lands. And, of course, there were several Roman
>> trade and diplomatic missions to China.
>>
>> It's more that people aren't aware of trips prior to Marco Polo.
>
> Never mind "Asia" actually starts in Turkey...

Metternich the famous Austrian statesman and diplomat claimed that the
boundary between Europe and Asia ran along the middle of a certain street
in Vienna. I do not remember which one! :-)

CM cartesys(at)gmail(dot)com

Subject	Author
Re: World exploration by Europe	Charles Manoras