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He first went to Tabriz, then to Badakhshan, Over the Pamir Mountains and past the Taklamakan Desert, The Gobi Desert, Suchow, then he reached Kublai Khan's court, followed by years and years of service to KK. Then he finally returned to Europe.

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In 1271, Polo set out with his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, for Asia, where they would remain until 1295.

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-Marco Polo was born in 1254.
-He spent at least part of his childhood in Venice, which was at the time a city state heavily engaged in international commerce.
-He received a good education that included, among other things.
-His native language is believed to have been Venetian.
Marco Polo’s mother died when he was just a child.

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Marco Polo’s book also influenced European cartographers, including Fra Mauro who created his highly influential circular planisphere map around the year 1450.

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Marco Polo was the first European to publish a detailed account of it, and his book went on to become very important for future generations of explorers.

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This trip, which would end up taking 24 years since they stayed for very long in China, is the one chronicled by Marco Polo in his book. It has been assumed that the Polos travelled along the Northern Silk Road, although the possibility of a southern route has also been advanced by some scholars.