• BrerChicken @lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well if you remember Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer from the 13th century, famously established a trade route to China. That was about 250 years before Columbus. Of course there was already trade back and forth between Europe and Asia, but let’s just not forget the future Italian who is just famous for connecting with China!