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Hace 1 día · According to some sources, in 1168, his great-uncle, Marco Polo "the Elder", borrowed money and commanded a ship in Constantinople, and his grandfather Andrea Polo of the parish of San Felice had three sons Maffeo, yet another Marco, and the traveller's father Niccolò.
- 8 January 1324 (aged 69–70), Venice, Republic of Venice
Hace 5 días · Accompanied by his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, Marco Polo travelled overland to China in 1271–75. He then spent 17 years serving Kublai Khan (1215–94), grandson of Genghis Khan and conqueror of China, for whom he undertook assignments in China as well as in South and Southeast Asia.
Hace 3 días · Accompanied by his father Niccolò Polo and Uncle Maffeo Polo, they set out on this expedition to explore the unfamiliar lands and cultures of the East. - Upon reaching the kingdom ruled by the Great Khan, Kublai Khan, in 1275, Marco Polo stayed there for approximately seventeen years.
Hace 1 día · Niccolo and Maffeo Polo remitting a letter from Kublai Khan to Pope Gregory X in 1271. In 1268, Marco Polo 's father and uncle returned from China with an invitation from Kublai Khan to the pope, imploring him that a hundred teachers of science and religion be sent to reinforce the Christianity already present in Kublai's empire.
