Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager and merchant who was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia through China, visiting the Kublai Khan in Beijing. He left in 1271 (he was a teenager at the time) with his father (Nicolo Polo) and uncle (Maffeo Polo); they spent about 24 years traveling. [Nicolo and Maffeo had previously made a trip to China, from 1260-1269, during which the Kublai Khan (the conqueror of China) requested holy oil blessed by the Pope.] Polo sailed south from Venice, Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea to the Middle East. They then went southeast overland to Persia (now Iran), then through the Pamir Mountains and the Gobi Desert, to Beijing, China. They explored the area south of Beijing, including Yunan and Szechuan. Returning to Beijing, they traveled east to Tankchow (at the mouth of the Yangtse River), then south to Hangchow, China. They then sailed south along the coast of China, to what are now Vietnam and Sumatra. They sailed west to Sri Lanka and India, and then back to Ormuz (on the Persian Gulf). They went northwest overland to the Black Sea, then the Mediterranean Sea, and back to Venice, Italy. Marco Polo's written accounts of his travels were the first Western record of porcelain, coal, gunpowder, printing, paper money, and silk; Polo wrote "Book of Ser Marco Polo" around 1298.
Marco Polo traded for them along the Silk Road.
Marco polo's purpose was to rebuild the silk roads and to explore
Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road in 1275.
Marco Polo did not discover the Silk Road. He did travel it, with his father and uncle, in about 1271 AD. His father and uncle had also traveled the Silk Road in about 1265 AD.
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Marco Polo did go on The Great Silk Road.
Marco Polo traded for them along the Silk Road.
Marco polo's purpose was to rebuild the silk roads and to explore
Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road in 1275.
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Silk road
Marco Polo did not discover the Silk Road. He did travel it, with his father and uncle, in about 1271 AD. His father and uncle had also traveled the Silk Road in about 1265 AD.
Marco polo's purpose was to rebuild the silk roads and to explore
The silk road
He created the silk road.
the silk road was the road marco polo took to go to china but took a boat back
Anyone could, but mainly by travellers like Marco Polo.