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Quotation from The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo (with Rustichello da Pisa)
“you might say he hath the Secret of Alchemy in perfection, and you would be right!”
The Travels of Marco Polo, Book II, Chapter XXIV, trans. Yule–Cordier
Introducing the Kaan's mint at Cambaluc, where paper made from mulberry bark is stamped and issued as money throughout the empire.
Citation: "you might say he hath the Secret of Alchemy in perfection, and you would be right!" — Marco Polo (with Rustichello da Pisa), The Travels of Marco Polo, Book II, Chapter XXIV, trans. Yule–Cordier. (id the-travels-of-marco-polo-q4)
Portrait: Marco Polo Mosaic from Palazzo Tursi, Salviati, Public domain.
