Marco polos journey by Mara Delgado Lugo https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2 Mara Delgado 22309 en-us 2023-04-26 03:03:44 UTC 2025-09-25 12:36:57 UTC hello@padlet.com the early years of Marco Polo maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568170602 2023-04-26 03:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568170602 Little is known about Marco’s early years except that he probably grew up in Venice. He was age 15 or 16 when his father and uncle returned to meet him and learned that the pope, Clement IV, had recently died.Marco Polo was 17 or 18 when he began his journey from Venice to the farthest reaches of the Mongol empire. maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568185047 2023-04-26 03:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568185047 Travels of the Polofamily into Asia maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568186223 2023-04-26 03:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568186223 The Polos were likely shrewd, alert, and courageous; they traded with the Middle East and acquired considerable wealth and prestige. Marco Polo’s father, Niccolò, and uncle, Maffeo, continued this legacy. maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568186686 2023-04-26 03:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568186686 Polo’s journey to China maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568187173 2023-04-26 03:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568187173 The elder Polos were probably employed in some technical capacity. Once and very abruptly, a glimpse in Il milione is obtained of them acting as military advisers during the siege of «Saianfu» , a city that was finally taken, according to Marco, thanks to some «great mangonels» built according to the Polos’ specifications. maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568187629 2023-04-26 03:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568187629 Marco departed from the Mongol court. In Acre the papal legate, Teobaldo of Piacenza, gave them letters for the Mongol emperor. The Polos had been on the road for only a few days when they heard that their friend Teobaldo had been elected pope as Gregory X. maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568188262 2023-04-26 03:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568188262 Returning to Acre, they were given proper credentials, and two friars were assigned to accompany them, though they abandoned the Polos shortly after the expedition resumed. From Acre the travelers proceeded to Ayas .There the Polos decided not to risk a sea passage to India and beyond but to proceed overland to the Mongol capital.310chevron_right_centerchevron_left_centernote_filleddot_3_horizontal maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568188718 2023-04-26 03:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568188718 Sometime around 1292 , a Mongol princess was to be sent to Persia to become the consort of Arghun Khan, and the Polos offered to accompany her. Marco wrote that Kublai had been unwilling to let them go but finally granted permission. The princess, with some 600 courtiers and sailors, and the Polos boarded 14 ships, which left the port of Quanzhou and sailed southward. After further delays, they reached Constantinople and finally Venice . maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568189399 2023-04-26 03:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568189399 Marco was about age 20 when he reached Cathay. Apart from the missions he undertook for the emperor, Polo may have held other administrative responsibilities, including inspection of the customs duties and revenues collected from the trade in salt and other commodities. maralugo21 https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568190144 2023-04-26 03:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/maralugo21/82xjtw8ek64h5th2/wish/2568190144