There is some question about whether Marco Polo really experienced the things he wrote about or was it exaggerated or even just made-up. When he eventually returned he wrote a book about his experiences but the details seemed too fantastic too believe. Marco became favored by the Khan and experience many of the intricacies of court life as he also shared what life in Venice was like. This was over seven hundred years ago when world travel was virtually unknown but Marco Polo traveled to the fabled Chinese kingdom of Kublai Khan.ĭuring his travels he saw new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. It would be twenty-four years before he would return home to Venice. ![]() Marco Polo was only seventeen when he set out for China with his father with plans to make a fortune trading goods along the way and bringing back silk and other treasures from China. ![]() Who Was Marco Polo? by Joan Holub is one of the award winning "Who Was." series.
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