The Venetian traveler and writer Marco Polo (ca. 1254-ca. 1324) left Venice for Cathay, or China, in 1271, spent 17 years in Kublai Khan's realm, and returned to Venice in 1295. His account of his travels is one of the most important travel documents...

(1254–1324), Venetian trader and explorer. Marco Polo, born into a Venetian trading family with Eurasian connections, went along with family members overland to Mongol China, where he spent some seventeen years (1275–1292) and may have...

1254-1324 Italian Merchant Marco Polo's extensive travels led him to China, where he spent 17 years and established himself as an official in the Mongolian court. He recorded his experiences in Il milione, or "The Million," a...

(1254–1324). Italian-born author of the Devisement du monde, a Franco-Italian prose description of his voyages to the East, which included Persia, Armenia, Turkestan, China, Indochina, India, and the Middle East. Between 1270 and 1295, Marco...

Marco Polo Born 1254, Venice, Italy Died 1324, Venice, Italy In the Book of Ser Marco Polo, Marco Polo described in detail each region he passed through during his 24-year journey in Asia; he also gave accounts based on hearsay of places he did not...

Marco Polo (September 15 1254[1] – January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325[2]) was a Venetian trader and explorer who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione ("The Million" or The Travels of Marco Polo)....

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In the following excerpt, Campbell discusses methods of description and narration employed by Polo, suggesting that "the being'' that Polo has given to the East in his book "is the body of the West's desire."

In the following review, the anonymous critic praises Marsden's edition of Polo's book, provides an overview of the author's life, and comments on the accuracy of the narrative.

In the following essay, Olschki analyzes the accuracy of Polo's observations regarding Asian religion and politics in the thirteenth century.

Discusses Marco polo's trip to China. Evaluates evidence that the trip actually took place.