Paul D. BUELL
Marco Polo, based on a painting in the Gallery of Monsignore Badia in Rome. Polo, born to one of Venice’s wealthiest trading families, moved in elite circles during his years in China.
Marco Polo, a Venetian who was one of the earliest Europeans to travel all the way to China on the Silk Roads, left behind what is probably the best-known travelogue in history, The Travels of Marco Polo. He did not write it himself,
