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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.
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo remitting a letter from Kublai Khan to Pope Gregory X in 1271. Niccolò, Maffeo and Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan, painting by Tranquillo Cremona, 1863. As soon as he was elected in 1271, Pope Gregory X (the former Teobaldo Visconti) received the letter from Kublai Khan, remitted by Niccolò and Maffeo. Kublai ...
Polo is an Italian and Spanish surname, the most well known bearing the name being Italian trader and explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324). Other notable people with the surname include: Other notable people with the surname include:
A Venetian patrician, she was the second daughter of Marco Polo and Donata Badoer. After the death of her father, Fantina was forced to hand over the management of all her assets to her husband Marco Bragadin (whom she married in 1318), [1] even those entrusted to her directly and excluded from her dowry. Although Bragadin himself promised to ...
Belonging to an ancient Venetian patrician family named Badoer, she was daughter of merchant Vitale Badoèr. In 1300 she married Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer, son of Niccolò Polo. From the union three daughters are born: Fantina, Belella and Moreta Polo.
Marco Badoer (d. 1288) Badoero Badoer (d. 1310), podestà of Padua implicated in the Querini–Tiepolo conspiracy [2] Marino Badoer (d. 1324) Marino Badoer, duke of Crete in 1313–1315, dedicatee of Paolino Veneto's mirror for princes; Donata Badoer (fl. 1280–1333), wife of Marco Polo; Pietro Badoer (d. 1371)
Marcopolo S.A. is a Brazilian bus, coach and rail manufacturer, founded on 6 August 1949 in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul.The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity, and touring models.
Pages in category "Marco Polo" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...