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Marco Polo was born in 1254, in Venice, Italy. He traveled extensively with his family, journeying Marco Polo was best known for traveling across Asia to China with his family. His purpose was to gather supplies from Europe, Asia, and China. It was a good experience for him to go overseas.
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from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He remained in China for 17 of those years. Around 1292, he left China, acting as consort, a companion to a Mongol Princess, who was being sent to Persia. He gathered supplies and left.
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He met many other traders along the way there and back I think it was a good experience for him to go overseas. Finally, after four years of travel, the Polo's reached China and Kublai Khan, who was staying at his summer palace known as Xanadu, a grand marble architectural wonder that dazzled young Marco.
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Marco died at his home in Venice on January 8, 1324. As he lay dying, friends and fans of his book paid him visits, urging him to admit that his book was fiction. Marco wouldn't relent. "I have not told half of what I saw,".
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In conclusion Marco Polo was a man who lived in the 1200s he journeyed to Europe and Asia
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and I hope you found this as interesting as I did
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