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marco polo, 1254 to 1324 ce, when he encountered them in sumatra, india, and the nicobar islands, calling them "pharoah's nut." the reference to the egyptian ruler indicated polo was aware that during the 6th century arab merchants brought coconuts back to egypt probably from east africa where the nuts
west coast in 1577. he, too, was impressed with coconuts and wrote, "amongst other things we found here a kind of fruit called cocos, which because it is not commonly knowen with us in england, i thought good to make some description of it." though the accounts of many explorers mention coconuts, the nuts...
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