Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1254–1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer whose travels to Asia became legendary through his book The Travels of Marco Polo. Born in Venice into a wealthy merchant family, he lost his mother at a young age and was raised by relatives while his father, Niccolò, and uncle, Maffeo, traded across Asia. At the age of 17, Marco joined them on a remarkable journey to the court of Kublai Khan, the...