![]() ![]() ![]() Marco Polo is believed to have been born in 1254 in Venice, Italy (a few believe he was born on the island of Korčula in present day Croatia). ![]() Depiction of Polo in Tartar costume Marco Polo: The Man and His Incredible Journeyįirst we’ll delve into what we know (or what is commonly believed) about Marco Polo’s early life in Italy, his incredible journey to along the Silk Road, his stay in China, his return, and the famous travelogue. Intrigued? I was very interested in learning more about this famous man and will share what I found during my research about the man, his amazing travels, and the legacy of Marco Polo. Some historians even doubt whether Marco Polo existed at all. The world that Polo described seemed quite strange and unbelievable to most readers, and even today many historians question the veracity of many of his stories. Polo’s book, Description of the World, offered one of the first detailed descriptions of the then mysterious eastern cultures to Europeans and would even inspire Christopher Columbus. The famous Venetian is believed to have left Venice at age 17 to embark on a 24-year journey through the Persian Gulf and Asia, spending much of this time in China in the court of the great Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. The Italian Marco Polo is probably the world’s most famous traveler and one of the world’s first travel writers. ![]()
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