His father, Niccolo, and his uncle Maffeo had left the year before he was born on a long trading expedition. This a Resulted Marco been raised by extended relatives as his mother had passed away when he was just a little boy. Niccolo and Maffeo first stayed around six years in Constantinople now Istanbul, which is located in Turkey, At the time it was under Latin control since the fourth Crusade in 1204. Niccolò and Maffeo then went to the port city of Soldaia which is now known as Sudak which is located in Ukraine. They had owned a house over …show more content…
While he was in prison he had met the Arthurian adventure writer Rustichello of Pisa, with who he would collaborate on a manuscript in 1298 called “Description of the World.” It has since become better known as “The Travels of Marco Polo” With the help of notes taken during his expedictions, Marco Polo admiringly described Khubilai Khan and his palaces, along with paper money, coal, postal service, glasses and other innovations that had not yet being developed in Europe. He also told partially untrue self-aggrandizing tales about warfare, business, geography, court intrigues and the sexual practices of the people who lived in the Mongol