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Great Explorers: Marco Polo 1254-1324 Written by David Angus Read by Sam Dastor £0.99 (15 mins)

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Marco Polo, born in Venice into a merchant family, travelled to China at the age of 17 in 1271 - a very dangerous land journey through little-known territory. For nearly 20 years, he travelled the massive empire then ruled by the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan.

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