Marco Polo was an 13th Century Venetian explorer, spending 24 years travelling Asia and recounting many illustrious tales.
"Immense quantities of skins are made into leather in this kingdom: that is, they tan the hides of goats, buffaloes, wild oxen, UNICORNS and many other beasts."
In terms of historical value, Marco Polo is invaluable. In terms of writing ability, he is terrible, and I'm not even sure he even wrote this. It is grand to read of far away places during this time, but my goodness he can't half waffle on. And I'll tell you another thing about this thing...