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Marco Polo (/ ˈ m ɑːr k oʊ ˈ p oʊ l oʊ / ⓘ; Venetian: [ˈmaɾko ˈpolo]; Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] ⓘ; c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) [1] was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
Marco Polo (c. 1253–1323) Niccolò and Maffeo Polo (c. 1230 – c. 1294, c. 1230 – c. 1309) Michele Pontrandolfo (born 1971) Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933) Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà (1852–1905) Giovanni da Verrazzano (1484–1527) Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) Ugolino Vivaldi (fl ...
Polo brothers receiving a gold laissez-passer from Kublai Khan, as illustrated in the 1410–1412 illuminated manuscript Livre des merveilles.. Niccolò Polo (Italian: [nikkoˌlɔ pˈpɔːlo], Venetian: [nikoˌɰɔ ˈpolo]; c. 1230 – c. 1294) [nb 1] and Maffeo [nb 2] Polo (Italian: [mafˈfɛːo ˈpɔːlo], Venetian: [maˈfɛo ˈpolo]; c. 1230 – c. 1309) [nb 3] were Italian [a] traveling ...
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Marco Polo. Marco Polo (1254–1324) was an Italian explorer who traveled in Asia from Persia to China in 1271–1295. He documented his exploits in The Travels of Marco Polo. In particular, he wrote of the Assassins at Alamut Castle. [70] [71] Rabban Bar Sauma.
2011 – Four miners are killed in the Gleision Colliery mining accident in the ... 1254 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (d. 1324) [16] 1461 – Jacopo ...
— Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (20 May 1506), quoting Jesus "I have taken care of everything in life, only not for death—and now I have to die completely unprepared." [75] — Cesare Borgia, Italian politician and condottiero (12 March 1507) "We heartily desire our executors to consider how behoofful it is to be prayed for." [17]
'The Million', possibly derived from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), [1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo. It describes Polo's travels through Asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of Kublai ...