USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Book of the Marvels of the World (Italian: Il Milione, lit. ‘The Million’, deriving from Polo’s nickname “Emilione"), in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marco Polo, (born c. 1254, Venice [Italy]-died January 8, 1324, Venice), Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years, and whose Il milione (“The Million”), known in English as the Travels of Marco Polo, is a classic of travel literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -This manuscript from about 1350 is one of the oldest extant copies of Les voyages de Marco Polo (The travels of Marco Polo), the account by the Venetian merchant Marco Polo (circa 1254-1324) of his adventures in Central Asia and the Far East during the latter part of the 13th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -The great journey and tales of riches would inspire other explorers such as Christopher Columbus during the Age of Exploration. In fact, initially Columbus would try to match up the land of America with Polo’s descriptions as he believed he had also reached Asia.