Talk:The Travels of Marco Polo
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[edit] Marco Polo
Who sponsored Marco's expedition? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.77.171.197 (talk) 16:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC).
-It's probably not known, but they had their own money, and since they were acting in some fashion as diplomats for the papacy, they might have got some resources from the Church. Jason Parise 06:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Chau Ju-kua a traveller?
The article says: somewhat earlier the Chinese traveller and chronicler Chau Ju-kua travelled in the Chola country about 1178. I'm trying to figure out a citation for this; so far I only have him as a chronicler (who indeed writes about this area), not a traveller, and writing at 1225, not 1178 (though it could be he travelled earlier in his life, though he doesn't mention this in his chronicles that I can find). Can anyone figure out where this came from? Martijn Faassen 23:33, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] 13th century travelers to Asia
Thirteenth century travelers who are known to have journeyed to the court of the Mongolian Great Khan, either at Karakorum or Xanadu, before Marco Polo are:
- Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedykt Polak- 1245-1247, envoys of Pope Innocent IV
- André de Longjumeau - 1249-1251, envoy of French King Louis IX
- William of Rubruck and Bartolomeo da Cremona - 1253-1255, envoy of French King Louis IX
- Niccolò and Maffeo Polo father and uncle of Marco - 1265-1266, traveling as traders, reached the new capital of the Grand Khan at Khanbaliq (modern Beijing). Then returned to Europe with message for the Pope.
None of the above reached China proper. Marco Polo was the first to do so. Other European travelers journeyed to Persia.
Friar Julian did not go to Asia, he only reached an area west of the Ural mountains.
