Marco Polo—Reached the Court of Kublai Khan in A.D. 1275.
Mandeville, Sir John de—Travelled for thirty-three years in Asia dating from A.D. 1327. As he resided for three years in Peking, it is probable that many of his fables are derived from Chinese sources.
Printing invented in Europe by John Koster of Haarlem, A.D. 1438.
Scaliger, Julius Cæsar—Born April 23rd, 1484. Wrote Aristotelis Hist. Anim. liber decimus cum vers. et comment. 8vo. Lyon, 1584, &c.
Gesner—Born 1516. Historiæ Animalium, &c.
Ambrose Paré—Born 1517. Surgeon.
Belon, Pierre—Born 1518. Zoologist, Geographer, &c.
Aldrovandus—Born 1552. Naturalist.
Tavernier, J. B.—Born 1605.