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To: Nevada9999 who wrote (27627)5/2/2012 12:00:27 PM
From: Tommaso  Respond to of 29622
 
I have finally found that statements attributed all over the Internet to Marco Polo actually come from what appears to be a remarkable book by Alexander Del Mar, published over a hundred years ago. Del Mar held many important financial positions in the U. S. government and wrote carefully researched books. Easy to find him on Wikipedia. I have just ordered this book from Amazon:

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