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 Niccolò 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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15 September - 1254 - Venice - Italy - Dalmatia - Kor?ula - Croatia - 8 January - 1324 - Venetian - Explorer - Silk Road - China - Cathay - Great Khan - Mongol Empire - Kublai Khan - Genghis Khan - The Travels of Marco Polo

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