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Few Europeans did not reach China before the 1500s because they did not need to. It was primarily the Arabs who went back and forth on the silk road, between Europe and China. Also, no more Europeans reached China before the 1500s than after the 1500s.
Answer:
The reported European travelers to reach China before the 1500's include:
- ~500-1000 The Radhanites medieval Jewish merchants travelled as far as Tang dynasty China.
- 1245-1247 The Italian Giovanni da Pian del Carpine reached Karakorum in present-day Mongolia.
- ≈1254 William of Rubruck reached China and Mongolia through Central Asia.
- 1264-≈1269 Italians Niccolò and Maffeo Polo to Beijing Chin1275-1289 & 1289-1328 John of Montecorvino (a Franciscan missionary) founded of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China.
- ≈1318-1329 Odoric of Pordenone and James of Ireland reached China
- 1338-1353 Giovanni de' Marignolli was sent by Pope Benedict XII to Peking
The number is limited because of the vast distances that had to be covered by foot or horseback as sea routes had not yet been developed.
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