Marco Polo

:This article is about the Venetian explorer. For other uses, see Marco Polo (disambiguation)

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Marco Polo (15 September 1254, Venice, Italy; or Curzola, Venetian Dalmatia - now Kor?ula, Croatia — 8 January 1324, Venice) was a Venetian trader and explorer who, together with his father Niccol? and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he called Cathay) and visited the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan). His travels are written down in Il Milione ("The Milione" or The Travels of Marco Polo).

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Venice: Venice (Italian: Venezia), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, , population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. The city stretches across ...

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