Newsgroup: it.cultura.storia
Titolo: Ancora da siti anglosassoni su Marco Polo

pare che gli inglesi e gli americani siano più perspicaci di noi, 
indicando i parenti di Marco Polo sia in italiano che in croato:
"... His father Niccolò-Nikola and his uncle Matteo-Mate were prosperous 
merchants in the East trade. The two merchants set out to Asia 
Alternative meanings: Asia (mythology), Asia Minor..."
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"... The first voyage
The Polo family was originally from the island of Curzola Korc(ula 
(Italian Curzola, Greek Korkyra Melaina meaning "Black Corfu"— "black" 
perhaps for its dark pine forests that have always provided shipbuilding 
materials) is the modern Croatian name for an island in the Adriatic 
with a long Byzantine and Venetian history. The island of Korc(ula, about 
40 km (25 miles) long and about 6.5 km (4 miles) across, lies lengthwise 
on the Dalmatian coast, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia.
..... Click the link for more information.  in the Adriatic Sea The 
Adriatic Sea (ancient Adria or Hadria) (Italian Mare Adriatico, Croatian 
Jadransko more,Serbian Jadransko more Slovenian Jadransko morje, Latin 
Mare Hadriaticum) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the 
Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of 
the Apennine mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges.
..... Click the link for more information.  (now Korc(ula Korc(ula 
(Italian Curzola, Greek Korkyra Melaina meaning "Black Corfu"— "black" 
perhaps for its dark pine forests that have always provided shipbuilding 
materials) is the modern Croatian name for an island in the Adriatic 
with a long Byzantine and Venetian history. The island of Korc(ula, about 
40 km (25 miles) long and about 6.5 km (4 miles) across, lies lengthwise 
on the Dalmatian coast, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia.
..... Click the link for more information. , part of Croatia The 
Republic of Croatia is a country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, 
Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb, and it is a 
former republic of Yugoslavia.
Republika Hrvatska
(Details) (Details)
National motto: None
Official language Croatian
Capital Zagreb
President Stjepan Mesic'
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader
Area
  - Total
  - % water Ranked 123rd
56,542 km²
0.01%
Population
  - Total (2003)
  - Density Ranked 119th
4,422,248
83/km²
Independence 1991
Currency kuna
Time zone UTC +1
National anthem Lijepa naša domovino
Internet TLD .hr
Calling Code 385
..... Click the link for more information. ), where the house in which 
Marco Marco was the commander of the Praetorian Guard after the fall of 
Sejanus. He was deposed during the reign of Caligula.
..... Click the link for more information.  was born still stands... "


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Cap. 209
"Ma credo che fosse piacere di Dio nostra tornata, acciò che si
potessoro sapere le cose che sono per lo mondo, ché, secondo ch'avemo
contato in capo del libro nel titolo primaio, e' non fu mai uomo, né
cristiano né saracino né tartero né pagano, che mai cercasse tanto
nel mondo quanto fece messer Marco, figliuolo di messer Niccolò Polo,
nobile e grande cittadino della città di Vinegia."
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Finale de "Il Milone"
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Degni... se lo plonki lo eviti!
*PLONK*

 Degni... se lo plonki lo eviti!
degni a chi? ma come ti permetti?