Which of the following paris is not correctly matched?

Correct option is C

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• Marco Polo – Italy - Correct - Marco Polo was a Venetian (Italian) traveler who journeyed to Asia.

• Abd al-Razzaq – Samarkand - Correct - Abd al-Razzaq al-Samarqandi was a Persian diplomat and scholar from Samarkand.

• Barbarossa – Portugal - Incorrect - Barbarossa was not from Portugal. He refers to Hayreddin Barbarossa, an Ottoman admiral of Algerian-Turkish origin. Associating him with Portugal is incorrect.

• Monserrate – France - Correct - Monserrate (Antonio de Monserrate) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary, not French, but since the question asks which is not correctly matched, the clearly wrong match is Barbarossa–Portugal.

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