马可·波罗的中国和远东地区游记使他一举成名,成了史上最伟大的探险家之一,但是根据最新的资料,意大利考古学家称他从未到达过中国和远东。他们更倾向于认为马可·波罗只是在黑海沿岸和去过中国、日本和蒙古帝国的波斯商贩闲聊,并用在那里道听途说的故事加以改编,据为己有。 Marco Polo’s travels in China and the Far East made him famous overnight and became one of the greatest explorers in history, but according to the latest information, Italian archaeologists have said he has never been to China and the Far East. They are more inclined to think that Marco Polo had to adapt himself to the narratives of Persian traders who visited the Black Sea coast and visited China, Japan and the Mongol Empire for his own purposes.