Two centuries later, among the readers of the Travels of Marco Polo was a certain Genoese mariner, Christopher Columbus, who conceived the brilliant idea of sailing westward round the world to China.

• 两个世纪后，《马可 - 波罗行纪》的读者中有一位热那亚的水手，名叫克里斯托弗，哥伦布，他设想了向西航行环绕世界，最后到达中国的绝妙主意。