Niccolò and Maffeo first spent about six years in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), which had been under Latin control since the Fourth Crusade of 1204.
As a result, he was raised by extended relatives following his mother’s death at a young age. His father, Niccolò, and his uncle Maffeo had left the year before on a long-term trading expedition. Marco Polo was born around 1254 into a prosperous merchant family in the Italian city-state of Venice. Though not the first European to explore China-his father and uncle, among others, had already been there-he became famous for his travels thanks to a popular book he co-authored while languishing in a Genoese prison. Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help administer the realm. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. Marco Polo’s Travels Along the Silk Road.
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