![]() ![]() ![]() In the year of the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ 1324, on the ninth of January, the seventh indiction, at Rialto. Henry Yule, “Marco Polo e il suo libro,” Archivio veneto 2 (1871): 273-276. Translated from the Italian by Hannah Barker. He married Donata Badoer in 1300, continued to trade as a merchant, and became known by the nickname il Milione (Marco Million) because he liked to tell stories about Khubilai Khan’s great wealth. From there he returned to Venice, reaching home in 1295. Eventually he was asked to escort one of the khan’s daughters to Persia to marry the local ruler, the Ilkhan. Marco lived in China and worked as a civil servant for the Yüan court for 17 years. When he was a teenager, Marco’s father and uncle, Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, brought him along on a journey to the court of Kubilai Khan, the Mongol ruler of China under the Yüan Dynasty. He dictated it to a notary, a legal professional whose job was to draw up documents in the proper form. ![]() This is the last will and testament of the famous thirteenth-century Venetian traveler Marco Polo. ![]()
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