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TIL: The country of Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo mistakenly thought he landed in Mogadishu, Somalia and then misspelled the name of the city : r/todayilearned
Malagasy IZA MOA IANAO - MAGADOCHO - MAGDICHOU - MADEIGASCAR - MADAGASCAR AVY AIZA NY ANARANA HOE " MADAGASIKARA "? / D'OU VIENT LE NOM "MADAGASCAR" ? Marco Polo, mpitsidika sy mpitety
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The elephant pit on Madagascar, guarded by the giant bird Rock, From Livre des Merveilles du Monde, (The Travels of Marco Polo), Studio of the Boucicaut Master, c.1412, Illuminated manuscript, Bibliotheque Nationale,
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