Marco Polo was an Italian voyager and merchant. He was one of the first Europeans to
travel across Asia through China. He visited the Kublai Khan in Beijing. He left in 1271 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
the time that 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 land south of Beijing, like Yunan and Szechuan.
Returning to Beijing, they traveled east to Tankchow (at the mouth of the Yangtse River), then
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 the city of Ormuz
They went northwest to the Black Sea, then the Mediterranean Sea, and .
back to Venice, Italy.
Marco Polo was an Italian voyager and merchant. He was one of the first Europeans to
travel across Asia through China. He visited the Kublai Khan in Beijing. He left in 1271 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
the time that 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 land south of Beijing, like Yunan and Szechuan.
Returning to Beijing, they traveled east to Tankchow (at the mouth of the Yangtse River), then
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 the city of Ormuz
They went northwest to the Black Sea, then the Mediterranean Sea, and .
back to Venice, Italy.
