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Niccolò Polo (Italian: [nikkoˌlɔ pˈpɔːlo], Venetian: [nikoˌɰɔ ˈpolo]; c. 1230 – c. 1294) and Maffeo Polo ([mafˈfɛːo ˈpɔːlo], Venetian: [maˈfɛo ˈpolo]; or Matteo [matˈtɛːo], Venetian:; c. 1230 – c. 1309) were Italian traveling merchants from the Republic of Venice, best known as the father and uncle ...
Niccolò Polo ( Venezia, ... – Venezia, ...; fl. 1230 - morto prima del 1300) è stato un mercante ed esploratore italiano, padre di Marco Polo, il noto esploratore veneziano .
- 1259
- Missione commerciale e dipolmatica in Cina
- Venezia
- terrestre
26 apr 2024 · In 1266 Venetian traders Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, the father and uncle of Marco Polo, were among the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China. Before the birth of Marco, they established trading posts in Constantinople, Sudak in the Crimea, and in a western part of the Mongol Empire.
Mosaic of Marco Polo displayed in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, Genoa, Italy. His father, Niccolò Polo, a merchant, traded with the Near East, becoming wealthy and achieving great prestige. [50] [51] Niccolò and his brother Maffeo set off on a trading voyage before Marco's birth.
- 8 January 1324 (aged 69–70), Venice, Republic of Venice
8 gen 2024 · Polo's father Niccolò and his uncle Matteo ( Maffeo in Venetian) had a palace very close to Zorzi's Grand Canal apartment, as well as offices in Constantinople that they had the acumen to...
Niccoló Polo. fl. 1200s. Venetian merchant and trader who made several extended trips into central Asia to the court of Kublai Khan. He made the first trip, 1253-1269, with his brother Maffeo; the second, 1271-1295, with his son Marco and Maffeo. They were among the first Europeans to visit this part of the world.
10 set 2019 · When he was a small child, his father Niccolò and uncle Maffeo were already amassing some remarkable travel experiences. The shrewd traders had left Venice in 1261 to forge new relationships in...
