Doug Weller Wrote:
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> See this Smithsonian article: "But as Olshin is
> first to admit, the authenticity of the ten maps
> and four texts is hardly settled. The ink remains
> untested, and a radiocarbon study of the parchment
> of one key map—the only one subjected to such
> analysis—dates the sheepskin vellum to the 15th or
> 16th century, a sign the map is at best a copy.
> Another quandary is that Polo himself wrote
> nothing of personal maps or of lands beyond Asia,
> though he did once boast: “I did not tell half of
> what I saw.”
>
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> Doug Weller
>
> Director The Hall of Ma'at
> Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site:


Hi Doug, It has been a long time. I Hope that you are well.
Yes, of course it is problematic, but quite interesting nonetheless. The lack of Chinese records on Marco Polo has always confounded historians.
Duncan