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Marco Polo's Travel To China

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What if Marco Polo didn 't travel to China? What would the world be like if Marco Polo didn 't travel to China? There were many famous people who were known for their great finds and travels, but Marco Polo was one of the greats. He was born in 1254 in Venice Italy to a wealthy Venetian merchant family. His mother died giving birth to him, so his aunt and uncle raised him for most of his life. His father and uncle were merchants and both became very wealthy by trading goods in the Middle East. He traveled a lot with his family journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. Marco was seventeen when he took first journey to China with his father in 1271. In 1260 his father and his uncle, Nicolo and Maffeo Polo,set sail from
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