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Marco Polo

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  • Sep 15, 1254

    Birth

    Birth
    Marco Polo was born in Venice from a merchant family
  • 1269

    Return of his father in Venice

    Return of his father in Venice
    Marco learned the mercantile trade from his father and his uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia and met Kublai Khan.
  • 1271

    Departure

    Departure
    Marco Polo (at seventeen years of age), his father, and his uncle set off for Asia on the series of adventures that Marco later documented in his book.
  • Period: 1272 to 1273

    In Acre

    They sailed to Acre and later rode on their camels to the Persian port Hormuz. During the first stages of the journey, they stayed for a few months in Acre and were able to speak with Archdeacon Tedaldo Visconti of Piacenza. The Polo family, on that occasion, had expressed their regret at the long lack of a pope, because on their previous trip to China they had received a letter from Kublai Khan to the Pope.
  • Period: 1275 to 1290

    Marco Polo and Kubilai

    They continued overland until they arrived at Kublai Khan's palace in Shangdu, China (then known as Cathay). By this time, Marco was 21 years old Impressed by Marco's intelligence and humility, Kublai appointed him to serve as his foreign emissary to India and Burma.
  • 1295

    Return to Venice

    Return to Venice
    They returned to Venice in 1295, after 24 years, with many riches and treasures. They had travelled almost 15,000 miles (24,000 km).
  • 1296

    Captivity

    Captivity
    At this time, Venice was at war with the Republic of Genoa. Polo armed a galley equipped with a trebuchet to join the war. He was probably caught by Genoans in a skirmish in 1296, off the Anatolian coast between Adana and the Gulf of Alexandretta, off the Dalmatian coast.
    He spent months of his imprisonment dictating a detailed account of his travels to a fellow inmate, Rustichello da Pisa, who incorporated tales of his own as well as other collected anecdotes and current affairs from China.
  • Jan 9, 1324

    Death

    In 1323, Polo was confined to bed due to illness. On 8 January 1324, despite physicians' efforts to treat him, Polo was on his deathbed. Due to the Venetian law stating that the day ends at sunset, the exact date of Marco Polo's death cannot be determined, but according to some scholars it was between the sunsets of 8 and 9 January 1324