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It was printed in French, Italian and Latin.

His book greatly described the Silk Road in China.

Rustichello became the co-author of Marco's book.

He dictated his book to another prisoner, Rustichello da Pisa, who was an Italian romance writer.

During his time in jail he dictated his book The Travels of Marco Polo.

When he returned to Venice he was captured at the age of 44 by the people living in Genoa and put in jail due to a conflict between Genoa and Venice.

After the collapse of the Mongol Empire, it was basically impossible to go to those same regions that Marco had once explored.

This caused his return trip to take three years.

On his return trip to Europe, the three Polo men escorted the daughter of one of Kublai Khan's regional rulers to Persia in 1292.

Marco is famous for his journeys through Asia where he documented what he saw for Kublai Khan.

They stayed for 17 years in China and worked as an advisor and aide to Kublai Khan.

It took four years for Marco, his father and his uncle to reach China.

He traveled with his father and his uncle to the Mongol Empire in China.

Marco's first trip to Asia was in 1271 when he was 17 years old.

The Polos were some of the first Europeans who traveled to China and Mongolia.

Niccolo and Maffeo met the Mongol prince Kublai Khan who asked them to go to the Pope and request that 100 European priests come to China to teach.

His father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo went to China in 1266 to set up a trading business.

Both his father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo were wealthy jewel merchants.

Some people debate over the location where he was born.

The exact date of his birth has been up for debate at various times.

Marco Polo was an Italian merchant adventurer.