Question

The medieval traveller Marco Polo was from:
1. Zurich
2. Paris
3. Istanbul
4. Venice

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Venice

The correct answer is Venice.

• Marco Polo, born in 1254, in Venice, Italy.
• He was a Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95.
• During this period, he remained in China for 17 years.
• 'Travels of Marco Polo', is classic travel literature written by Marco Polo itself.

Century	Traveller and their Country
Thirteenth-century	1254-1323 Marco Polo (from Venice, Italy)
Fourteenth-century	1304-77 Ibn Battuta (from Morocco)
Fifteenth-century	1413-82 Abd al-Razzaq Kamal al-Din ibn Ishaq al-Samarqandi (from Samarqand) 1466-72 (years spent in India) , Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin (fifteenth century, from Russia)
Sixteenth-century	1518(visit to India)  Duarte Barbosa, (from Portugal), died in 1521 1562  (year of death) Seydi Ali Reis (from Istanbul, Turkey) 1536-1600 Antonio Monserrate (from Spain)
Seventeenth-century	1626-31 (years spent in India) Mahmud Wali Balkhi (from Balkh) 1600-67 Peter Mundy (from England) 1605-89 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (from Paris, France) 1620-88 François Bernier (from Paris, France)