Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant who journeyed across Asia to China with his father and uncle. He stayed in China for 17 years, working as an advisor to Kublai Khan. Polo traveled extensively throughout Asia, including to modern-day Beijing, the Gobi Desert, Persia, India, Tibet, and Burma. His accounts of his travels helped introduce European readers to Asian culture and technology.

2. Index
1) Biography
2) Major Accomplishments
3) Travel Maps
4) Asia
5) Fun Facts
6) Sources
7) Events

3. Biography
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant
believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. His father
was Niccolo Polo and his uncle was Maffeo. He lost his mother at a very young age.
He stayed in China with his uncle and father for 17 years.
He started being popular, adventurers, researchers and other explorers followed his
way. He explored a whole continent named Asia both by land and sea
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4. Major
Accomplishments
• Marco Polo went to Asia at a very young age.
• He also helped the people of Europe know about the East.
• It took 4 years to reach China.
• He stayed in China for 17 years.
• He , his dad and uncle worked as an advisor of Kublai Khan.
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5. Travel
Maps
• Marco polo travelled from Venice to China by land in a long journey.
• He went from Venice by Persia, through the Gobi Desert and finally to China.
• He went to China and also travelled to many other places.
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6. Asia
Marco Polo travelled throughout Asia to reach Xanadu , Asia ( now
Beijing). He went by land.
He went to Gobi desert and through Persia, finally to China. Later on he
went to Jerusalem , India , Tibet and Burma. He was sent to missions in
which he explored Xanadu whole. He went throughout Asia once again in
his return journey. But this time by sea.
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7. Fun Facts
 Marco Polo went to prison when he was an army.
 Marco Polo was one of the first Europeans to describe
Chinese advanced technology.
 Marco Polo wrote a travelogue.
 Marco Polo wasn’t the first European to travel to Asia.
 Christopher Columbus got inspired by Marco polo’s
travelogue and did a similar travel to the west.
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8. Sources
https://www.biography.com/people/marco-polo-
9443861
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/marc
o-polo
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0105/feature1
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/marco_polo
_timeline/23/
http://www.livescience.com/27513-marco-
polo.html
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9. Events
Date Events
1254 Marco Polo was born
1260 Marco Polo’s mother died
1262 Marco Polo’s dad meets Kublai Khan
1271 Marco Polo goes to China
1274 Marco Polo reaches China
1275 Marco Polo goes for his first mission.
1280 Marco Polo works for Kublai Khan.
1295 Marco Polo returns to Venice
1298 Marco Polo joins Venetian War Force
1300 Marco Polo is married and gets children
1307 Marco polo becomes famous
1324 Marco Polo dies
1453 Marco Polo’s journey is copied
1851 Marco Polo’s name is honored
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