While captive, he dictated the stories of his travels to Rustigielo, a fellow prisoner and a scribe from Pisa. In 1298 Marco Polo became involved in a sea battle between the rival Venetian and Genoese fleets the Venetians suffered defeat and Marco was taken prisoner.
Returning to Venice in 1295, they resumed their business as merchants there. Marco, in particular, became a favorite with the Great Khan, who employed the young man on public missions that sent him to various parts of the empire. In 1275 the three Polos were warmly received at the imperial court of the Mongol warlord Kublai Khan in China. At the age of 17, young Marco accompanied his father, Nicolo, and his uncle, Maffeo, on a three-year journey to China that took the travelers through Persia, Afghanistan, and other countries. A travel narrative set primarily in China and Southeast Asia, spanning the years 1260 to 1295 first published in Franco-Italian (as Divisament du Monde: Description of the World) in 1299 in English in 1579.Ī Venetian merchant journeys to the Far East, enters the service of Kublai Khan of China, and describes the places he visits or hears of while he is away.Įvents in History at the Time of the Travel Narrativeīorn in 1254 in Venice, Italy, Marco Polo was the son of a prosperous merchant family’s.
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