意考古学家：马克波罗可能是个骗子
<p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="history">history</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="explorers">explorers</span>, <span word="may">may</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="conman">conman</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span>.</p><p>昨日有消息称，历史上最伟大的探险家之一可能事实上是个大骗子。</p><p><span word="Far">Far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trader">trader</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Far">Far</span> <span word="East">East</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="archaeologists">archaeologists</span>.</p><p>据一个考古队称，马可 波罗可能根本不是在中国和远东行走多年的商人，很可能都没到过比黑海更远的地方。</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="suspect">suspect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Venetian">Venetian</span> <span word="adventurer">adventurer</span> <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mysterious">mysterious</span> <span word="lands">lands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Orient">Orient</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span> <span word="traders">traders</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="tales">tales</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mongol">Mongol</span> <span word="Empire">Empire</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 13<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>.</p><p>他们怀疑这位威尼斯探险家从一些黑海地区的商人伙伴那里听来了很多关于那片神秘的东方大地的故事。他们向他讲述了很多13世纪中国、日本和蒙古帝国的传说。</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="commonly">commonly</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Travels">Travels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Marco">Marco</span> <span word="Polo">Polo</span>, <span word="hailed">hailed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="books">books</span>; <span word="it">it</span> <span word="purportstobe">purportstobe</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="journeys">journeys</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Persia">Persia</span>, <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Far">Far</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1271 <span word="and">and</span> 1291.</p><p>后来他将这些故事集成一本书，也就是为世人所熟知的《马可 波罗游记》，这本书号称是最早的旅游书籍之一，并包含他1271年到1291年间游历波斯、亚洲和远东的记录。</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Kublai">Kublai</span> <span word="Khan">Khan</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mongol">Mongol</span> <span word="ruler">ruler</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="Emperor">Emperor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p>
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