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In “The Travels of Marco Polo”, Marco Polo claims that he travelled to an island in the Indian Ocean inhabited by men with dog-heads, dog teeth, covered with fur, and had long tails. Did contemporary readers believe his story?

by /u/TicklingTentacles in /r/AskHistorians

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