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Death of Marco Polo (1324)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1324

In January 1324, Venetian merchant and traveler Marco Polo died in his native Venice at about sixty-nine;…

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  1. 1320–1323Venice · ItalyAfter returning to Venice from the East in 1295, Marco Polo took part in family commerce and maritime trade; in 1298, while a prisoner of war in Genoa, he dictated his travel experiences, which Rustichello compiled into the Book of the Travels of Marco Polo; by the 1320s copies of the book were circulating in Italy.
  2. 1324Venice · VenetoIn January 1324, Marco Polo died of illness at his home in Venice, leaving a will the following day distributing his property; his travel accounts continued to circulate after his death through transcribed copies, becoming a key text connecting Eurasian understanding in the 13th–14th centuries.

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