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Marco Polo ( 15. září 1254, ostrov Korčula nebo Benátky – 8. ledna 1324, Benátky) byl benátský kupec, cestovatel a dvořan mongolského velikého chána Kublaje. Proslavil se svými cestami po Číně, zaznamenanými v knize Milion. Byl prvním Evropanem, který podrobněji popsal východní Asii.
Jun 8, 2018 · Marco Polo. Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. Published in 1903 "I repeat that everything appertaining to this city is on so vast a scale, and the Great Kaan's yearly revenues therefrom are so immense, that it is not easy even to put it in writing, and it seems past belief to one who merely hears it told."
Marco Polo (født 15. september 1254 i Venedig, død 8. januar 1324) var en italiensk handels- og opdagelsesrejsende. Han drog til Kina, som var under mongolernes herredømme. Hans berømmelse skyldes beretningen om kinarejsen, som blev kendt i Europa.
Marco Polo was known as a water game in America by the 1960s. Between 1965 and 1970, some respondents to a Dictionary of American Regional English survey, when asked to name a game played in the water, responded with "Marco Polo". [8] By the mid-1970s, the game had spread and become very popular in swimming pools frequented by expatriates ...
Marco Polo was born in around 1254 into a wealthy and cosmopolitan Venetian merchant family. Polo's father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, were jewel merchants. In 1260, they left Venice to ...
Marco Polo was born in the city-republic of Venice in about 1254. His father and uncles were merchants who traveled to distant lands to trade. On a long trading expedition Marco’s father, Niccolò, and his uncle Maffeo traveled overland as far as Cathay (now northern China). There they met Kublai Khan, the great Mongol emperor of China.
