Marco Polo Who Wrote The Book The Travels Of Marco Polo (feel free to fill this section with an image so you can use any font you want!)

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Major Accomplishments  and  explorations Marco Polo travelled to China with his father and uncle over the Silk Road which was an overland route to China. He worked for Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor, for seventeen years. He sailed home instead of going overland. He brought back ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain and silk. He told about the Chinese use of coal, money and compasses. He met Rustichello, a famous writer, who wrote about Marco Polo's travels in a book called The Book Of Travels.  Marco Polo became famous for his travels through Central Asia and China. His book gave Europeans some of their earliest information about China.