![]() ![]() His talent, in truth, stems from a rich family tradition, that of a family of Venetian merchants. This work, nevertheless, also became a tool of importance and value for those that wanted to venture East into the lands of the Mongol Empire the descriptions and minute accounts of Marco’s discoveries became invaluable for merchants, crusaders, and travelers alike. Europeans at the time also met his discoveries with a certain skepticism, at least in the impressions of his literary work. Marco Polo: The Man Behind the Story Illustration from The Travels of Marco Polo, where Marco himself and a unicorn can be seen, author unknown, via viajesazulmarinoĪlthough much is assumed about the adventurous life of our hero, Marco Polo is, in reality, a distant and uncertain character, so much so that his contemporaries would have perceived his various discoveries with the same sense of wonder and mystery as we do now. ![]()
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