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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and traveler, famous for his travels to East Asia narrated in The Travels of Marco Polo, story unveiled in Medieval Europe the lands of Central Asia and China. Marco was born and learned to trade as his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, traveled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpLoSEGqw_w

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People responded to Marco Polo's return with curiosity, envy, and desire. People were curious about Eastern civilization and culture and envied Polo, desiring the "treasures" he had. This sparked the determined ones to travel and explore the unknown. One of these "determined ones” was Christopher Columbus. Columbus, too, wanted to travel to the East, but he figured that traversing the lands would be too dangerous. Europe was not the only one that positively affected by Marco Polo's travels. Unsurprisingly, China, too, was affected in a positive manner. Marco Polo had introduced gunpowder to the Chinese. With this, the Chinese were able to utilize gunpowder to make not only fireworks, but military arms too. They were able to develop their military weapons from steel weapons and hand-combat weapons to more advanced arms. They were able to make ammunitions like fire lances, but more importantly, the Chinese were able to develop the rocket.

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1- Marco Polo’s famous travelogue was penned in prison.
2- Marco Polo barely knew his father and uncle when they began their expedition.
3-Marco Polo spent much of his journey as an envoy for the Mongol ruler Kublai Kahn.
4-Marco Polo mistook some of the animals he saw for mythical creatures.
5- The Polos barely made it out of Asia alive.

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he passed through Europe and Asia  to reach Beijing. He sailed through the Indian ocean.Marco Polo traveled to lands where few Europeans had ever been. He crossed mountains, deserts, rivers, and seas on his long journey. With every day, he learned something new. When he returned home he wrote a book about his travels. He told about all the things he saw and all the people he met. Many people in Europe read his book.  he faced many challenges. On his way to Genoese he was placed in jail for two years. while he was in jail his ship was stolen. he faced alot of harships. during his travels he was exposed to new languages, strange foods, new strains of diseases and a robbery.

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Purpose for Marco Polo's expedition and who sponsored it.

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Purpose for Marco Polo's expedition and who sponsored it.

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Marco Polo and his family traveled through Asia to bring a letter from the Pope, Christian scholars and oil from the lamp at the Holy Sepulchre to Kublai Khan. His second goal in writing about his travels was to educate Europeans about China and other lands of the East. No one sponsored Marco Polo's travels in Asia. He traveled with his uncle, Maffeo, and his father, Niccolo.