Marco Polo's Journey To A Brave New World

He traveled along the Silk Road which led him to China. The Mongol ruler, Khubilai Khan, then took Polo into his court. Khubilai assigned one last task to Marco Polo before he could be free from his services at court, Marco was to escort a princess safely to her potential husband the Persian ruler Arghun. With the task at hand, they had to travel from Zaitun to Sumatra to Persia. When they arrived in Persia, they found out that Arghun was dead; so the princess was now appointed to marry Arghun’s son. Marco continued on his travels which led him to Greece, Constantinople, and Venice. Soon after arriving back in Venice, he was captured by the Genoans. During his imprisonment, Marco Polo met Rustichello and together they wrote “The Travels of Marco

a) Marco Polo (Italian adventurer) returned to Europe in 1295, telling of his journey in China. His book with descriptions of goods made him an indirect discoverer of the New World.

1. Marco Polo- A Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295 and remained in China for 17 years until he left to guide a Mongol princess to Persia. These travels are recorded in Il Milione, known in English as The Travels of Marco Polo that has influenced later merchants and travelers.

The Chinese were greatly influenced because of trade. Marco Polo was a political influence because of trade. He left Venice, and crossed Persia and Central Asia to reach China. He then spent seventeen years in the emperor's service. Finally Marco Polo returned home and wrote an account of the splendor and wealth of China, which would not become popular until the printing press invention.

Third one is Mongol emperors opening doors of China to the West, and encouraging Europeans like the Ventian Marco Polo’s tales of his travels from 1271 to 1295. Also, having an encounter with the Great Khan who happen to be one of the successors of the famous Mongol ruler Chinggis Khan fueled Western fantasies about the Orient.

Marco Polo- A sailor who told his tales of success in Asia, finding gold, silks, and spices which encouraged people to sail overseas in search for wealth.

Paragraph 1: Childhood Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy in 1254. When Marco Polo was a child, he was raised by his extended family because his parents were not around. His father was a jewel merchant, so he was in Asia while Polo grew up. His mother also died, but to this day, historians don’t know why. According to the article titled Marco Polo by History.com Editors, Marco Polo’s father and uncle sold jewels throughout Constantinople (which is now Istanbul, Turkey), and then they went on to Soldaia, which is now in Ukraine, (History.com Editors, paragraph 1).

In Documents 2 and 4, traveling to unfamiliar areas shows its importance. Although Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo were not traveling for the same

This influenced Marco because he took notes on everything he observed in China. Also the Mongolian ruler Kublai Kahn like Marco Polo, and Marco became very close to Kublai Kahn. If Marco's father and uncle never took Marco to China, Marco would never had had his observations, to later write his book about his journeys in China. Who or What did Marco Polo influence?

Marco Polo went on a 20 year voyage to what he thought was Asia and returned with stories of the mysterious land that further pushed Europeans to find a new trade route. Before the 15th century sub Saharan Africa was unknown to Europe. However; due to new and improved ships the journey became more plausible. Portuguese quickly set up trading posts for gold and enslaved African. Slave trading soon became big business. And finally Portuguese sailor Vasco de Gama made it to India around the tip of Africa in 1498. Meanwhile the unification in Spain inspired them to also look for a

Marco Polo was a prosperous and dedicated explorer, who significantly affected Medieval Europe and surrounding countries. Marco Polo was born into in wealthy family in 1254, Venice Italy. It was in Venice where Marco Polo established his passion for exploring. It is believed that Marco Polo’s father Niccolo Polo influenced his dedication for exploring. Marco polo was mainly raised by his two brothers Niccolo and Maffeo as his mother died when was young and his father was often away exploring. He went on his first expedition to China in 1271 at the age of seventeen and spent seventeen years in China (Dates and events, 2015: Online). After ruling one of Kublai Khan Cities in 1280. Marco Polo returned to Venice to find that Venice was at war with Genoa.

Marco Polo's Travels formulated in Europe of the fourteenth and fifteenth century a new perception of the Eastern world, a world just as advanced and sophisticated as that of the West. Yet, another two centuries were needed for a significant change to take place; this was Christopher Columbus' voyage. For Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo's travelogue was a valuable and solid resource that contained the necessary details of the East. The geographical descriptions in his writing generated a basis for Columbus' scientific calculations for his expedition and the explicit depictions of the luxury of Cipangu and Cathay, flawed though they were, created a strong motivation for Columbus. In the 12th of May 1492, Christopher Columbus, accompanied

Many children, including myself, have once played the game Marco Polo. Although, I have always been curious, who exactly is Marco Polo? My fascination of Marco Polo warped into a fixation of his travels. Marco Polo was born in Venice in the year 1254. His father, Nicolo, and his uncle, Maffeo, were merchants who had seats in the great nobleman council of Venice (Polo IV). According to his records, he had traveled thousands of miles with his father and uncle.

People may think oh he just went to China stole their idea and came back to use them for his own advantage. No, wrong. Marco did this for his own country and to better everyone’s life. Not just his own, he also didn’t do this to become famous. The real story of how his book came to life is that when Marco came back he got captured and told all about his adventures to Rustichello da Pisa, who wrote them down in a book and eventually named it “The Travels of Marco Polo.”

“I have not told half of what I saw” were the final words of the great Venetian explorer Marco Polo; however, in recent times, Marco Polo’s exploits have been doubted more and more. (Pedriali, 161) Most often cited as evidence that Marco Polo’s travels may not have been as truthful as reported is the 1998 book Did Marco Polo go to china? by Dr. Frances Wood. Through new research done by Dr. Hans Ulrich Vogel of University of Tübingen in Germany, it has been shown that Marco Polo was mostly truthful in his memoirs, but it has also proven that some things were exaggerated thanks to his ghostwriter Rustichello da Pisa, Marco Polo himself, or later copyists.