Notes+about+Marco

Inspiration:


 * Marco got inspired by his family
 * By his father, Niccolo
 * And his uncle, Maffeo

Q. How did Marco Polo get the funding for his voyages?

A. Marco Polo got the money from trading goods. Of course he traded goods because Marco was a merchant. It also seems that he got some funding from the great Kublai Khan.

Imprisonment:

-he married -had a family -and became a succesful merchant -when Rustichello book released, he became the most famous men of his time
 * around 1297 Venice went to war with the city of Genoa
 * Marco fought in a sea battle and was CAPTURED
 * imprisoned in Genoa
 * Polo told his story to a man, Rustichello
 * Rustichello: a writer of romances
 * Rustichello used his art to create a vivid retelling of the adventures of Marco
 * Marco was realeased from prison in 1299
 * returned to Venice

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