Marco Polo

**Marco Polo**
	Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324) Mosaïque de Marco Polo par Salviati (1867).
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Spoken text audio	Armenianⓘ
Pronunciation audio	Italianⓘ
Name in native language	Marco Polo;
Date of birth	15 September 1254; Venice (Republic of Venice)
Date of death	8 January 1324; Venice (Republic of Venice)
Place of burial	San Lorenzo, Venice (45°26′14.3″N 12°20′43.8″E);
Country of citizenship	Republic of Venice;
Occupation	merchant; explorer; diplomat; ambassador; world traveler; writer; traveler; entrepreneur; memoirist;
Field of work	travel; commerce; diplomacy; travel book; memoir literature;
Significant event	The Travels of Marco Polo (Rustichello da Pisa);
Family	Polo;
Father	Niccolò Polo;
Child	Fantina Polo; Agnese Polo;
Spouse	Donata Badoer (1300–1324);
Relative	Maffeo Polo (uncle);
Work location	Yuan dynasty; People's Republic of China;
Notable work	The book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East;
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18th-century portrait of with a fur cap and red robes, holding a bow and a sword in its sheath
Mosaic of Marco Polo displayed in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, Genoa, Italy
A close-up of the Catalan Atlas depicting Marco Polo travelling to the East during the Pax Mongolica
Polo meeting Kublai Khan
Corte Seconda del Milion, Venice, next to Polo's house, is named after the nickname of Polo "Il Milione"
San Lorenzo church in the sestiere of Castello (Venice), where Polo was buried. The photo shows the church as it is today, after the 1592 rebuilding.

Journeys

A page from Il Milione, from a manuscript believed to date between 1298 and 1299
Le livre des merveilles, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 2810, Tav. 84r "Qui hae sì gran caldo che a pena vi si puote sofferire (...). Questa gente sono tutti neri, maschi e femmine, e vanno tutti ignudi, se non se tanto ch'egliono ricuoprono loro natura con un panno molto bianco. Costoro non hanno per peccato veruna lussuria"
A page of The Travels of Marco Polo
City of Ayas visited by Marco Polo in 1271, from Le Livre des Merveilles
A miniature from Il Milione

Map of Marco Polo's travels

The route Polo describes.
The probable view of Marco Polo's own geography (drawn by Henry Yule, 1871).

Commemoration

Italian 1000 Lira banknote issued in 1982, portraying Marco Polo
Statue of Marco Polo in Hangzhou, China
Commemorative plaque on the site of Casa Polo in Venice, part of the Teatro Malibran which was built upon Polo's house