# Marco Polo

> He walked to China in the 1270s and came back with stories no European had confirmed: paper money, coal that burned, a postal system spanning a continent. The book he dictated from a Genoese prison cell became the West's first detailed map of the Mongol world - and the reason Columbus carried a marked-up copy when he sailed west.

*Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254-1324)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/marco-polo

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1254-09-15
- **Died:** 1324-01-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Venice around 1254, Marco Polo met his merchant father and uncle for the first time in 1269, when they returned from Asia with an invitation from Kublai Khan. The three left for Cathay in 1271, traveling the Silk Road until they reached the Mongol court. Kublai Khan made Marco a foreign emissary; for 17 years he moved through China and Southeast Asia on diplomatic missions, seeing Myanmar, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam. In 1291 the Polos escorted a Mongol princess to Persia, then made their way overland to Venice, arriving in 1295 after 24 years away. Captured in the war with Genoa, Marco dictated his account to a cellmate, Rustichello da Pisa - the book that introduced Europe to porcelain, gunpowder, and the mechanics of the largest empire on earth. Released in 1299, he became a wealthy merchant, married, had three children, and died in Venice in 1324.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 85.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.4 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 29.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0026847/ (@ch0026847)

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
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- [马可·波罗](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%8F%AF%C2%B7%E6%B3%A2%E7%BD%97)
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- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6101)
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- [ماركو بولو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88)
- [ማርኮ ፖሎ](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%9B%E1%88%AD%E1%8A%AE_%E1%8D%96%E1%88%8E)
- [Марка Пола](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0)
- [Марка Полё](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%91)
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- [मार्को पोलो](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B)
- [মার্কো পোলো](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B)
- [མཱར་ཁོ་ཕོ་ལོ།](https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%B1%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%81%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%95%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D)
- [Marco Polo](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo)
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- [Marco Polo](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo)

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