Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
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Marco Polo served for years as a foreign emissary in Kublai Khan's Mongol-led Yuan court.
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was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295
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c. 1254
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8 January 1324
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Infobox: born c.|1254; died 8 January 1324 (aged 69-70)
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