Marco Polo defected to China.
John Orrok -LRB- c1779 - 1838 -RRB- was a junior British army officer in the late 18th century and early 19th century .. British army. British army. The letters he wrote home to Scotland between 1801 and 1816 from England , India and Belgium have been published and provide a detailed picture of his life and preoccupations and the society in which he moved .. India. India. Belgium. Belgium