MARCO POLO'S JOURNEY by AMBAR VALENTINA PEREZ BOJORQUEZ https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop en-us 2023-04-24 17:40:08 UTC 2023-04-26 03:41:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Marco Polo's Journey ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566076997 2023-04-24 17:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566076997 Polo's Journey to China ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566077355 2023-04-24 17:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566077355 The early years of Marco Polo ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566078533 2023-04-24 17:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566078533 Travels of the Polo's family into Asia ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566079617 2023-04-24 17:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2566079617 ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568162510 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.]]> 2023-04-26 03:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568162510 ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568165862 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.]]> 2023-04-26 03:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568165862 ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568168691 Marco Polo’s book also influenced European cartographers, including Fra Mauro who created his highly influential circular planisphere map around the year 1450.]]> 2023-04-26 03:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568168691 Interesting facts ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568171009 2023-04-26 03:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568171009 His first years ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568175520 -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.]]> 2023-04-26 03:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568175520 ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568180167 In 1271, Polo set out with his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, for Asia, where they would remain until 1295.]]> 2023-04-26 03:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568180167 ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568185502 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.]]> 2023-04-26 03:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568185502 ambarperez21 https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568188248 2023-04-26 03:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ambarperez21/zt6s40ya6bs9auop/wish/2568188248