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Study of Marco Polo's will sheds new light on famed traveler

Updated: 2018-04-18 13:16

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An exact replica of Marco Polo’s 700-year-old last will and testament, is seen in Rome, Italy, April 10, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

ROME - On January 9, 1324, the Venetian traveler, merchant and writer Marco Polo was preparing for his final journey - to the afterlife that he as a God-fearing Christian was certain existed.

Aged 70, Polo summoned a priest-notary to his home in Venice to record his words in Latin on a sheepskin measuring about 67 x 27 cm (26 x 10 inches).

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