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 (c. 1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant and adventurer who made an extended, twenty-four year (1271-95), journey with his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo into central Asia, including seventeen years spent in Mongol-controlled China....

(born &circa; 1254, Venice [Italy]—died January 8, 1324, Venice) Venetian merchant and adventurer, who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years, and whose Il milione (“The Million”),...

(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...

(born &circa; 1254, Venice [Italy]—died Jan. 8, 1324, Venice) Venetian merchant and traveler who journeyed from Europe to Asia (1271–95). Born into a Venetian merchant family, he joined his father and uncle on a journey to China, traveling...

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)....