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The interest of the Genoese and Venetian merchants in encouraging the exploration of Central Asia The family of Polo, and its position in Venice Nicholas and Matteo Polo, the two brothers They go from Constantinople to the Court of the Emperor of China Their reception at the Court of Kublaï-Khan The Emperor appoints them his ambassadors to the Pope Their return to Venice Marco Polo He leaves his father Nicholas and his uncle Matteo for the residence of the King of Tartary The new Pope Gregory X. The narrative of Marco Polo is written in French from his dictation, by Rusticien of Pisa.
It was during his captivity, in 1298, that he made acquaintance with Pisano Rusticien, and, tired of repeating his story again and again, dictated his narrative to him. About 1299 Marco Polo was set at liberty; he returned to Venice, and there married.
It is a question if he really visited all the places that he describes, and it seems probable that he did not; in fact, in the narrative written at his dictation by Rusticien of Pisa it is stated "Marco-Polo, a wise and noble citizen of Venice, saw nearly all herein described with his own eyes, and what he did not see he learnt from the lips of truthful and credible witnesses;" but we must add that the greater part of the kingdoms and towns spoken of by Marco Polo he certainly did visit.
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