Question #f5e4d
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May 5, 2016
His writings may have had more effect than his journeys.
Explanation:
His accounts of his journeys glamorized the far East to many Europeans, emboldening them to take their own trips and making China and its trappings impossibly alluring to his readers.
There is some doubt that he actually went to China, though. He mentions paper and gunpowder, but not other things that might fascinate a Westerner about China. He might actually have just repeated stories he'd heard from sailors.
