Marco
Polo, who
passed away on 8 January 1324, was a
Venetian merchant and adventurer who travelled from Europe to Asia in
1271-95. It is believed that
Marco Polo journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He first
set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what
later became known as the Silk Road. Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered
the court of
powerful Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help
administer the realm. Marco Polo remained abroad for 24 years. Though not the
first European to explore China—his father and uncle, among others, had already
been there—he became famous for his travels thanks to a popular book,whose Il milione (“The
Million”), known in English as the Travels of Marco Polo, he
co-authored while languishing in a Genoese prison.
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