Nonetheless, Marco was able to paint a dazzling picture of metropolises of untold wealth and of pagan and outlandish customs belonging to a world wholly ignored by the West or known only through fable and hearsay.
إلّا ان العلماء يقبلون عموما فكرة انه ربما كان « مبعوثا رفيع الشأن قدّم خدمات مفيدة » .‏