Marco Polo

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explorer human merchant travel writer

Marco Polo was a 13th-century Venetian merchant and explorer whose travels across Asia and detailed accounts of the Mongol Empire profoundly influenced European knowledge of the East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ
birthName Marco Polo self-link ⓘ
burialPlace Venice ⓘ
surface form: San Lorenzo, Venice
citizenship Republic of Venice ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1254 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1324 ⓘ
described Yuan dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Yuan dynasty China

cities of East Asia ⓘ
court of Kublai Khan ⓘ
employer Kublai Khan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Polo ⓘ
father Niccolò Polo ⓘ
genre exploration narrative ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
givenName Marcus ⓘ
surface form: Marco
hasOccupation traveler ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ
influenced Christopher Columbus ⓘ
European cartography ⓘ
European exploration of Asia ⓘ
knownFor accounts of his travels in Asia ⓘ
descriptions of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
influencing European knowledge of East Asia ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
Venetian language ⓘ
surface form: Venetian
memberOf Polo family ⓘ
name Marco Polo self-link ⓘ
narrativeSettingOfWork Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
nativeLanguage Venetian ⓘ
notableWork Il Milione ⓘ
The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participantIn diplomatic missions for Kublai Khan ⓘ
trade between Europe and Asia ⓘ
placeOfBirth Republic of Venice ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
placeOfDeath Republic of Venice ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
positionHeld envoy at the court of Kublai Khan ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Donata Badoer ⓘ
subjectOf The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
traveledTo Asia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
uncle Maffeo Polo ⓘ
workedFor Kublai Khan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Travels of Marco Polo → author → Marco Polo ⓘ
Marco Polo → birthName → Marco Polo self-link ⓘ
Pax Mongolica → hasNotableTraveler → Marco Polo ⓘ
Marco Polo Bridge → mentionedBy → Marco Polo ⓘ
Marco Polo → name → Marco Polo self-link ⓘ
Marco Polo Bridge → namedAfter → Marco Polo ⓘ
Tom Wu → notableWork → Marco Polo ⓘ