Marco polo’s adventures

Marco Polo’s Adventures

By: Luka

Marco Polo?

• He was merchant and traveler that was not quite clear on his journey to China

Marco

Defeats and Accomplishments

Accomplishments• Met Kublai Khan• Travel to China • Wrote The Travels of Marco

Polo• Well educated when

teenager• Famous Historical figure• Traveled safely China• Wrote book in prison

Defeats

• Mom died when young

• imprisoned• Dad gone most life• Death• People thought book

was lie + go no farther Persia

No one was sure what Marco Polo’s birth date was. But he was born in Venice.

These are the travels Marco Polo tookStarted from Venice home cityThen Sudak on way to Kublai Khan Next went to Acre Next Baghdad Next Samrkand to Khotan Next Khanbalik From there went Yangzhou to ZaitonOn his way back stopped Pegu, Gujarat, Hormuz, and again to AcreOf course he stopped Venice.

Marco Polo’s Life• 1254 - Born in Venice• 1267 – Mother died; cared for by aunt + uncle• 1269 – Father returned from big journey to meet Kublai Khan• 1271 – First travel to China• 1275 – Meets Mongol Leader, Kublai Khan• 1295 – Returns from journey• 1298 – Held in prison by Italy• 1298 – Makes a book which no one believes and is let out of prison• 1299 – Becomes merchant• 1324 – Deathbed

Marco in the Army

Marco’s Ship

Marco’s Early Years

• Born in 1254 in Venice• Raised Venice• Mother died 1267• 1269 Father return from journey• Not educated until later

Marco in Prison

Marco’s Late life

• 1295 returns from journey to China• In trip met Genghis Khan • Relatives not believe Marco was Marco so not let them in house• Finally believes and have feast• Government made join army• Venice lost war against Italy and Marco went prison• 1298 let out of prison and made book• People didn’t believe book so called A Book of a Million Lies• January 6, 1324 deathbed• Priest told him take back million lies but Marco said I only told

half of what I saw.

The Leader Marco Met

Marco Polo’s death

• Marco Polo died in 1323. He was put down in bed because of illness.

Marco Polo

What do People Think of Marco Now?

• Some doubt even went to China• Say only stop at Persia• Most think book real• Made no mentioning on tea drinking or Great Wall of

China• Still can bye the travels of Marco Polo in his book today• In book said nothing about drinking tea. Chinese writing,

or The Great wall of China• In China there are no records of a European traveler

coming to meet Kublai Khan

The Travels of Marco Polo Book