From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-12-26 14:18:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
      
   > The Doctor wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >>> The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But did he travel by sea?   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course he did.   
   >>>   
   >>> How would he have found out about saucers falling   
   >>> off the tea cups otherwise?   
   >>   
   >> He never sailed to China.   
   >   
   > No, he didn't... but he sailed back.   
      
   Technically Marco Polo did start the journey to China by ship as well,   
   but only to get across the Mediterraean.   
      
       "The first leg of his journey was aboard a sailing ship, which   
        took him across the Mediterranean to the city of Acre, on the   
        coast of what is today Israel. From there Polo and his uncles   
        followed the Silk Road on camels."   
      
       "Marco Polo took an overland route to China from the Middle East   
        through Central Asia. His return home utilized was by ship from   
        China to Persia and back to Venice."   
      
   As usual, there are some theories that say Marco Polo never actually   
   went to China at all.   
      
      
      
      
      
   According to that BBC.com link, Marco Polo never even mentioned tea at   
   all, let alone cups and saucers.  :-)   
      
      
      
   > History is not your strong point, is it?   
   >   
   > Actually, is anything?   
      
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