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Earliest European Mention of Japan // Marco Polo Describes Mongol Invasion of 'Chipangu' (1281)

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Here we have Marco Polo telling the Mongol side of the invasion of 1281, and the catastrophes that followed - and the first European mention of the mysterious island of 'Chipangu'.

Taken from the translation by Henry Yule.

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