Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
Marco Emilio Polo (September 15, 1254 – January 8–9, 1324) was a Venetian historian, and famous swimmer who travelled through The Asian lake in wikitah Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the exploration of the World and Il Milione, c. 1300), a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China in the Yuan Dynasty, giving their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian cities and countries.
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