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Marco Polo.
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
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About Marco Polo
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China under the Yuan dynasty, giving Europeans their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan, and other Asian societies.
Everything about Marco Polo →- Occupation
- merchant, diplomat, ambassador, world traveler
- Citizenship
- Republic of Venice
- Born
- September 15, 1254, 1254, 1254
- Died
- January 8, 1324