Marco Polo

(noun)

A Venetian merchant traveller whose travels, especially to Mongolian-ruled China, are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.

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Examples of Marco Polo in the following topics:

  • Europe's Early Trade Links

    • Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, dictated an account of journeys throughout Asia from 1271 to 1295.
    • His travels are recorded in Book of the Marvels of the World, (also known as The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1300), a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China.
    • Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China, but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience.
    • Marco Polo traveling, Miniature from the Book "The Travels of Marco Polo" ("Il milione"), originally published during Polo's lifetime (c. 1254 - January 8, 1324), but frequently reprinted and translated.
    • Recall the exploration of Eurasia in the Middle Ages by Marco Polo, which was a prelude to the advent of the Age of Discovery in the 15th Century

  • Trade and Currency under the Yuan

    • He welcomed foreign visitors to his court, such as the Venetian merchant Marco Polo, who wrote the most influential European account of Yuan China.
    • Marco Polo's travels would later inspire many others, like Christopher Columbus, to chart a passage to the Far East in search of its legendary wealth.
    • During the Pax Mongolica, European merchants like Marco Polo made their way from Europe to China on the well-maintained and well-traveled roads that linked Anatolia to China.
    • Marco Polo documented the Yuan printing of paper money and almanac pamphlets called "tacuini."
    • A closeup of the Mallorquín Atlas depicting Marco Polo traveling to the East on the Silk Road during the Pax Mongolica.

  • Kublai Khan

    • Marco Polo, Marco Polo's father (an Italian merchant), and his father's trade partner traveled to China during this time.
    • Polo generally praised the wealth and extravagance of Khan and the Mongol Empire.

  • Overview of the Mongol Empire

    • Famous explorers, such as Marco Polo, also enjoyed the freedom and stability the Pax Mongolica provided, and were able to bring back valuable information about the East and the Mongol Empire to Europe.

  • The Caral Civilization

    • A geoglyph was discovered in 2000 by Marco Machacuay and Rocio Aramburu just west of Caral.