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This was Marco Polo.

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Q: Who was the early explorer who wrote about the riches in the east?
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What did the europeans want from the east?

riches


What made Europeans aware of the riches of the East?

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What are some riches from the Middle East?

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Jacques Cartier was an early European explorer of the New World. Like many explorers of their day, they pursued a strategy of finding a shorter passage way to the riches of the Far East. Henry Hudson, as one example did the same thing. Hudson at first believed the river named after him was a passage to the East. In the early 1500's Cartier ventured under the flag of France and believed he found a way to Asia. This of course was impossible so he did help France establish colonies in the New World.


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Mark Twain wrote a travel log of a famous explorer in his book "The Innocents Abroad", which detailed his own journey to Europe and the Middle East. He then shared a prison cell with another writer, Oscar Wilde, at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London in 1895 after Wilde's arrest for gross indecency.


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Why did the europeans explore the East?

An example of exploration to the east would be the Crusades. The Crusades happened for multiple reasons one was to flush out heretics and Muslims and the other was to get the riches that the East held in store.


The man who traveled the Far East and returned with tales of great riches and many fine articles was?

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