Early explorers met many races of humanity around the globe. More often than not the indigenous people greeted them with curiosity and hospitality.
Early explorers met many races of humanity around the globe. More often than not the indigenous people greeted them with curiosity and hospitality. Most bad encounters were dependent on the explorers' attitude on approaching foreign people they could not communicate with. In the case of Marco Polo, some of his encounters were exceptional and the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal near India was perhaps the single most unusual report of locals.