Return of the Polo Family from the East

Name: Return of the Polo Family from the East
Start: 1295

Type Event Region Europe Time 1295

Around 1295, Niccolò, Maffeo, and Marco Polo returned together to Venice after a Far East expedition of over twenty years begun around 1271, a rare c…

Timeline

1295Venice · VenetoNiccolò and Maffeo, together with their nephew Marco, ended their eastern expedition begun around 1271 and returned together to Venice. They had long served as envoys and officials at the Yuan court, and returned carrying large quantities of eastern goods and accounts, becoming news of note in Venetian commercial circles.

Sources

Marco Polo https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo — Marco Polo; Rustichello da Pisa