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American explorer Marco Polo brought back the knowledge of printing to Italy.

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The statement mentioned above is false.
Silk and spices from China poured into Europe via the silk route for ages. In the eleventh century, Chinese paper entered Europe in the same manner. Paper enabled the creation of manuscripts, which were diligently produced by scribes. After many years of research in China, Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant and brilliant explorer, returned to Italy in 1295. China already possessed woodblock printing technology. Marco Polo returned with this knowledge. Italians began creating books with woodblocks, and the technology quickly spread throughout Europe. Luxury editions were still handwritten on expensive vellum and intended for aristocratic circles and wealthy monastic libraries that scorned printed books as cheap vulgarities. Merchants and students in university towns purchased cheaper printed copies.
The correct statement would be that the American explorer Marco Polo did not bring back printing knowledge to Italy.

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