MARCO POLO

BIOGRAPHY
HE WAS VENETIAN MERCHANT, EXPLORER, AND WRITER
WHO TRAVELLED THROUGH ASIA ALONG THE SILK
ROAD.

MARCO POLO WAS BORN IN SEPTEMBER 15, 1254

HE DEAD JANUARY 8, 1324 (AGED 69)

 TRAVELS

MARCO POLO'S TRAVELS ARE DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK "MARCO POLO'S TRAVELS". MOST
HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT MARK PAUL VISITED CHINA, BUT THE BOOK DOES NOT MENTION
MANY IMPORTANT THINGS,

ALSO WAS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT POLO MET CHUBILAY, SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MARK
PAUL DID NOT TRAVEL ALL THE LANDS DESCRIBED, BUT MERELY RETOLD THE IMPRESSIONS
OF OTHER TRAVELERS.
 TRAVEL TO ASIA

IN 1271, WITH HIS FATHER NICCOLÒ AND UNCLE

MATTEO POLO, MARCO POLO EMBARKED ON A 24-YEAR
JOURNEY TO ASIA.

THEY RETURNED TO VENICE IN 1295, AFTER 24 YEARS,

WITH MANY RICHES AND TREASURES. THEY HAD
TRAVELLED ALMOST 15,000 MILES
 DEAD

IN 1323, POLO WAS CONFINED TO BED, DUE TO

ILLNESS, ON JANUARY 8, 1324, DESPITE PHYSICIANS‚
EFFORTS TO TREAT HIM, POLO WAS ON HIS DEATHBED.

AFTER HIS DEATH VENICE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

IS NAMED AFTER THIS TRAVELER.
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