Marco PoloBy Sabastian Munro

Marco polo• Marco polo was born in 1254 and died in 1324.• He was born in Venetian Republic but the exact place where he was born, is unknown.

Marco Polo’s Journey

Travelled to Cathay (China)

Meets Kublai

Khan in Peking

Escorts the daughter of Kublai Khan

to Persia

Returns to Venice

Captured by the

Genoese

Cathay - ChinaMarco Polo’s father was a rich merchant who often went on trading journeys to distant lands.

At seventeen years old, he went with his father and uncle on a journey through the Holy Land, Persia and Tartary, and to the Empire of China, then called Cathay.

It took the travellers three years to reach Cathay.

Meets Kublai Khan in Peking

The emperor of Cathay was a monarch named Kublai Khan who lived in Peking.

Marco Polo's father and uncle had been in Cathay once before and had entertained Kublai Khan.

He was pleased with Marco Polo and he invited him to the palace. Marco Polo studied the Chinese language, and it was not very long before he could speak it.

Escorts Kublai khan’s daughter to PersiaMarco Polo desired to marry

the daughter of Kublai Khan,the Princess Cocachin, and he had sent to ask her father for her hand.

They went on a long voyage stopping at Borneo, Sumatra, Ceylon and other places, until the ships entered the Persian Gulf and the princess was safely landed.

Returns to VeniceThey had been away so long and were so much

changed in appearance that none of their relations and old friends knew them when they arrived in Venice

At length, on order to show that they were the men that they declared themselves tobe, they gave a dinner to all theirrelations and old friends.

He then brought into the room therough Tatar filled with rubies, emeralds and diamonds. It was the finest collection of jewels ever seen in Venice.

Captured by the Genoese

Marco Polo and many of his countrymen were captured by the Genoese when Venice was at war with Genoa.

This was because Venice shipped in treasures from the East and had warships to protect their rich cargoes from the pirates of the Mediterranean.

Creation of his manuscriptHe was locked in a Genoese prison for a year.

One of his fellow-prisoners was a skilful penman and Marco Polo would tell him his experiences in China, Japan, and other Eastern countries.

This was carefully written out. Copiesof the manuscript exist to this day. One of these is in a library in Paris.It is said that the book was translatedinto many languages, so that people in all parts of Europe learned about the adventures of Marco Polo.

Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/marco-polo.htm

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