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'''Marco Polo''' ([[Venice]], [[Italy]] 1254 - Venice 1324) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] adventurer, trader, explorer and [[writer]]. He was one of the first westerners to travel to [[China]] on the [[Silk Road]]. <ref>http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/great/2amy.htm</ref>
'''Marco Polo''' ([[Venice]], [[Italy]] 1254 - Venice 1324) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] adventurer, trader, explorer and [[writer]]. He was one of the first westerners to travel to [[China]] on the [[Silk Road]]. <ref>http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/great/2amy.htm</ref>
Marco Polo spent 20 years in China (then Cathay) at the court of [[Mongol]] prince [[Kublai Khan]] with his father and uncle. Before his trip to China, his father and uncle had done all the way to the court of Kublai Khan and back (present day [[Beijing]]). ''Il Milione'' (also known as ''The Travels of Marco Polo'') is the book that Polo wrote to bring information of those exotic places. He made, in this book, reference to much of [[Asia]] including the [[Arab]] world, [[Persia]] and [[Japan]]. ''Il Milione'', first entitled ''Le divisament dou monde'' ("''The description of the world''") was soon translated from French into many European languages.
Marco Polo spent 20 years in China (then Cathay) at the court of [[Mongol]] prince [[Kublai Khan]] with his father and uncle. Before his trip to China, his father and uncle had gone all the way to the court of Kublai Khan and back (present day [[Beijing]]). ''Il Milione'' (also known as ''The Travels of Marco Polo'') is the book that Polo wrote to bring information of those exotic places. He made, in this book, reference to much of [[Asia]] including the [[Arab]] world, [[Persia]] and [[Japan]]. ''Il Milione'', first entitled ''Le divisament dou monde'' ("''The description of the world''") was soon translated from French into many European languages.
It is said that Polo's description of the Far East inspired [[Christopher Columbus]] to try to reach Cathay by a western route.
It is said that Polo's description of the Far East inspired [[Christopher Columbus]] to try to reach Cathay by a western route.