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easy. Yet, two men, the Italian tradesman Marco Polo and the Moroccan Jurist Ibn Battuta became famous for having managed to perform extremely long distance journeys away from their home country. At the end of their long travels, both men shared their experiences with the world via the books, The Travels of Marco Polo and The Travels of Ibn Battuta. An analysis of those two texts reveals two things. On one hand, Marco Polo remained a cultural

Marco Polo      Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East until the late 19th century. Marco’s father, Niccolo, and his uncle Maffeo had traveled to China in 1260 - 1269 as merchants. Despite Marco’s enduring fame very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of

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. Marco, Nicolo and Maffeo (known as the Polos) left

they also revealed Nicolo’s wife had died while giving birth to a son, who is now in his teenage years. After the passing of the Pope there was a long delay in naming a new one. In 1271, Marco Polo set forth navigating across exotic lands with his father and uncle on a journey that lasted several years. Marco Polo discovered trade and religion that has brought the world together today. The beginning of their journey led to them being accepted into the Kublai Khan Court. This journey took place

Casey Malosh Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo Paper November 24, 2015 Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo were both explorers in the 13th Century. Battuta was a Muslim who explored in India, East Africa, the Middle East, parts of Russia and areas surrounding Constantinople (in the excerpt we read). Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant who traveled over land from Venice for half of his journey from Acre to Beijing. From Beijing he traveled the South China Sea, through the Indian Ocean, to the Arabic Sea and

figure of study in modern day academic study. But this should not be the case. Comparison with his contemporaries and analysing historiographical trends, is going to prove the Rubruck is far a more reliable source than that of Longjumeau, Carpine and Marco Polo, and should be treated as

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My name is Marco Polo and I am a Venetian merchant and explorer. I have spent most of my life traveling abroad to the exotic land of Asia. During my time abroad, I indulged in rich culture, exquisite cuisine and much more. Welcome to my website where I am able to share the stories of my travels. In 1271, I was 17 years old and made my first voyage to the Chinese Empire with my father, Niccolò Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo. We traveled across the Mediterranean Sea, passed through the land of Euphrates

“Every time I describe a city I am saying about Venice”; this reply of Marco Polo to Kublai Khan for one of his questions is regarded as the central insight of Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities’. Venice, Marco’s home is the first city that remains implicit in everything else. However, this is not true for the whole book. Though there are recurring references to his city implicitly, one may come across many meanings and experiences in the process of reading the text. One can relate themselves to the

Alexis Segura HIST 103 The Similar Journeys of Two Very Different Men Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo were travelers who documented their experiences. These records of their journeys give modern day historians a way of knowing what things were like in those time periods. In The Travels of Marco Polo, The Venetian, the life of a young Italian man exploring a foreign country is explained. Similarly, Ibn Battuta shared his experiences in “A Donation to Those Interested in Curiosities”. These two men share