MARCO POLO'S JOURNEY "CONCEPT MAP" by PAULINA CERVANTES FELIX

Early years

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Polo grew up in a family where both his father Niccoló and uncle Maffeo were merchants.

Early years

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Later, the Polo brother’s embarked on a new journey, and this time they brought Marco with them.

Polo’s journey to China

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Eventually, a Mongol ambassador arrived to Bukhara, asking the brothers to go to the Hulagu Khan who was interested in meeting the exotic foreigners.

Polos journey to China

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The brothers started travelling even further to the east, via Samarkand and then through the dangerous Gobi desert.

Polos journey to China

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Passing through Turfan, Hami and Dunhuang, they finally got to the Hexi Corridor, and arrived to Beijing in 1266 – where Hulagu Khan’s brother Kublai Khan had his court.

Polos journey to Asia

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In 1271, the Polo brothers embarked on a new journey, and this time the took Marco with them.

Early years

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Even before Marco was born, the brothers had travelled extensively, setting up trading posts in Constantinople, Sudak, Crimea, and the western part of the Mongolian Empire.

Early years

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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.

Polos journy to Asia

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They had finally been able to deliver the letter from Kublai Khan to the pope, since Teobaldo Visconti had been elected at the conclusion of the papal election that had been running from 1268 to 1271

MARCO POLO

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