Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Marco Polo across 3 places, from 1254 to 1302.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Marco Polo ( 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Marco Polo is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Marco Polo was documented, and when
1254year
Veniceattested“Marco Polo was born around 1254 in Venice, but the exact date and place of birth are archivally unknown.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1269year
Veniceattested“The Travels of Marco Polo contains some basic information concerning Marco Polo's Venetian family and his birth in Venice; the book states that Marco's father, the travelling merchant Niccolò Polo, returned to visit his family in his hom…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1293year
Chinaattested“For example, Sinologist Francis Woodman Cleaves noted that Polo's account of the voyage of the princess Kököchin from China to Persia to marry the Īl-khān in 1293 has been confirmed by a passage in the 15th-century Chinese work Yongle En…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1293year
Iranattested“For example, Sinologist Francis Woodman Cleaves noted that Polo's account of the voyage of the princess Kököchin from China to Persia to marry the Īl-khān in 1293 has been confirmed by a passage in the 15th-century Chinese work Yongle En…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1302year
Veniceattested“One of the early manuscripts was a translation into Latin made by the Dominican brother Francesco Pipino in 1302, just a few years after Marco's return to Venice.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
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1260year
Constantinoplementioned“In 1260, Niccolò and Maffeo, while residing in Constantinople, then the capital of the Latin Empire, foresaw a political change; they liquidated their assets into jewels and moved away.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1266year
Khanbaliqmentioned“In 1266, they reached the seat of Kublai Khan at Dadu, present-day Beijing, China.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1273year
Chinamentioned“Another contradictory claim is at chapter 145 when The Book of Marvels states that the three Polos provided the Mongols with technical advice on building mangonels during the Siege of Xiangyang, Since the siege was over in 1273, before M…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1282 to 1283period
Yangzhoumentioned“According to sources, Saman died shortly after the incident, while Xiangwei was transferred to Yangzhou in 1282–1283.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1291year
Iranmentioned“Around 1291, he granted permission, entrusting the Polos with his last duty: accompany the Mongol princess Kököchin, who was to become the consort of Arghun Khan, in Persia.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1292year
Iranmentioned“In 1292, Kublai's great-nephew, then ruler of Persia, sent representatives to China in search of a potential wife, and they asked the Polos to accompany them, so they were permitted to return to Persia with the wedding partywhich left th…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1292year
Quanzhoumentioned“In 1292, Kublai's great-nephew, then ruler of Persia, sent representatives to China in search of a potential wife, and they asked the Polos to accompany them, so they were permitted to return to Persia with the wedding partywhich left th…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1292year
Chinamentioned“In 1292, Kublai's great-nephew, then ruler of Persia, sent representatives to China in search of a potential wife, and they asked the Polos to accompany them, so they were permitted to return to Persia with the wedding partywhich left th…”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
1295year
Venicementioned“They returned to Venice in 1295, after 24 years, with many riches and treasures.”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
August 1299month
Venicementioned“Polo was finally released from captivity in August 1299, and returned home to Venice, where his father and uncle in the meantime had purchased a large palazzo in the zone named contrada San Giovanni Crisostomo (Corte del Milion).”source: Wikipedia: Marco Polo
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