Marco polo
                     MARCO 
POLO
INTRODUCT
ION
Venetian merchant and adventurer 
Marco Polo traveled from Europe to 
Asia from 1271 to 1295. He wrote 'Il 
Milione,' known in English as 'The 
Travels of Marco Polo.'
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EARLY LIFE
Polo was born in 1254, in Venice, Italy. 
Although he was born to a wealthy 
Venetian merchant family, much of 
Polo’s childhood was spent parentless, 
and he was raised by an extended 
family. 
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EARLY LIFE 
CONT.
Polo's mother died when he was young, 
and his father and uncle, successful 
jewel merchants Niccolo and Maffeo 
Polo, were in Asia for much of Polo's 
youth.
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VOYAGE TO 
CHINA
In 1271, Polo set out with his father and 
uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, for Asia, 
where they would remain until 1295. 
Unable to recruit the 100 priests that 
Kublai Khan had requested, they left with 
only two, who, after getting a taste of the 
hard journey ahead of them, soon turned 
back for home. 
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VOYAGE TO 
CHINA CONT.
The Polos' journey took place on land, 
and they were forced to cut through 
challenging and sometimes harsh 
territory. But through it all, Polo reveled 
in the adventure. 
His later memory for the places and 
cultures he witnessed was remarkable 
and exceptionally accurate.
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POLO THE 
EXPLORER
Kublai Khan eventually employed Polo as a 
special envoy he sent to far-flung areas of 
Asia never before explored by Europeans, 
including Burma, India and Tibet. 
With Polo, as always, was a stamped metal 
packet from Khan himself that served as 
his official credentials from the powerful 
leader.
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KNOWLEDGE 
ABOUT THE 
MONGOL EMPIRE
From his travels, Polo amassed not only 
great knowledge about the Mongol 
empire but incredible wonder. 
He marveled at the empire's use of paper 
money, an idea that had failed to reach 
Europe, and was in awe of its economy 
and scale of production. Polo's later 
stories showed him to be an early 
anthropologist and ethnographer.
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JOURNEY BACK 
TO EUROPE
Finally, after 17 years in Khan's court, the 
Polos decided it was time to return to 
Venice. Their decision was not one that 
pleased Khan, who'd grown to depend on 
the men. 
In the end, he acquiesced to their request 
with one condition: They escort a Mongol 
princess to Persia, where she was to 
marry a Persian prince.
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THE TRAVELS 
OF MARCO 
POLO
Polo’s stories about his travels in Asia 
were published as a book called The 
Description of the World, later known 
as The Travels of Marco Polo. 
Just a few years after returning to 
Venice from China, Polo commanded a 
ship in a war against the rival city of 
Genoa. 
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DEATH
Polo died at his home in Venice on 
January 8, 1324. As he lay dying, 
friends and fans of his book paid him 
visits, urging him to admit that his book 
was fiction. Polo wouldn't relent. "I 
have not told half of what I saw," he 
said.
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