Geo Quiz

Venetian merchant

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New York City bookstore owner David Del Vecchio came up with today’s Geo Quiz.

And not surprisingly, his puzzler is a literary one. Listen:

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Thanks David.

So, name that globe-trotter from Venice. We’ll catch up with the answer…

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Now for the answer to our Geo Quiz ….

We were looking for the name of a 13th century Venetian merchant who travelled the Silk Roads before returning to Italy to write about his worldly encounters. His account helped change the map of the world….and IS still to this day a popular travel book. The answer – “Travels of Marco Polo.”

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