Did the medieval era have any reverse Marco Polos? That is, did any explorers from the Far East or Subsaharan Africa travel to Europe and popularized their adventures? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did the medieval era have any reverse Marco Polos? That is, did any explorers from the Far East or Subsaharan Africa travel to Europe and popularized their adventures?

by Lynx_Rufus

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Hi, not discouraging other contributions, but check out this post from a few months ago

Who were the earliest East Asian travelers to reach Europe? Does East Asia have a figure(s) who played a similar to Marco Polo for Westerners? - featuring an answer from /u/Reedstilt, and including a link leading to several other threads