Marco Polo and His Travels through Asia The Question I am asking in my essay is, “Why did Marco Polo go?” I think his reason for exploring new lands is not because he had dreams of conquest, but because he was in fact trying to find a new trading market. Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy in 1254. His father Niccolo was a prosperous merchant who imported luxury goods from Asia. When Marco was just …showed first 75 words of 1377 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1377 total…markets. His legacy will live on forever. He didn’t travel for popularity or conquest but to find to find out information and trade, which helped the people of Europe and Asia. “So today Marco Polo has neither descendants nor a public tomb to keep his memory alive. But he does not need them. The full life he lived and the book describing his adventures make him one of the most remembered people in history”