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Marco Polo
Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and
traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo's
life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco
Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant
whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the
European image of the Far East until the late 19th century.
Marco's ....
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this policy too stimulated trade(Hull 23).
Into this favorable atmosphere a number of European traders
ventured, including the family of Marco Polo. The Polos had long-
established ties in the Levant and around the Black Sea: for example, they
owned property in onstantinople, and Marco's uncle, for whom he was named,
had a home in Sudak in the Crimea(Rugoff 8). From Sudak, around 1260,
another uncle, Maffeo, and Marco's father, Niccolω, made a trading visit
into Mong ....
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