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Niccolò Polo (Italian: [nikkoˌlɔ pˈpɔːlo], Venetian: [nikoˌɰɔ ˈpolo]; c. 1230 – c. 1294) and Maffeo Polo ([mafˈfɛːo ˈpɔːlo], Venetian: [maˈfɛo ˈpolo]; or Matteo [matˈtɛːo], Venetian:; c. 1230 – c. 1309) were Italian traveling merchants from the Republic of Venice, best known as the father and uncle ...
Gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Maffeo Polo (auch Matteo Polo; † zwischen 1310 und 1318) unternahm Niccolò Polo etwa von 1260 bis 1269 eine erste Handelsreise ins Mongolenreich, wurde von Kublai Khan gut aufgenommen und von diesem bei der Heimreise mit der Zusendung christlicher Missionare beauftragt.
In 1260, Niccolò and Maffeo, while residing in Constantinople, then the capital of the Latin Empire, foresaw a political change; they liquidated their assets into jewels and moved away. According to The Travels of Marco Polo, they passed through much of Asia, and met with Kublai Khan, a Mongol ruler and founder of the Yuan dynasty.
- 8 January 1324 (aged 69–70), Venice, Republic of Venice
8. Jan. 2024 · Polo's father Niccolò and his uncle Matteo ( Maffeo in Venetian) had a palace very close to Zorzi's Grand Canal apartment, as well as offices in Constantinople that they had the acumen to...
10. Sept. 2019 · Marco Polo came from a family of merchants. When he was a small child, his father Niccolò and uncle Maffeo were already amassing some remarkable travel experiences. The shrewd traders had...
views 2,895,343 updated. Niccoló Polo. fl. 1200s. Venetian merchant and trader who made several extended trips into central Asia to the court of Kublai Khan. He made the first trip, 1253-1269, with his brother Maffeo; the second, 1271-1295, with his son Marco and Maffeo. They were among the first Europeans to visit this part of the world.
In European exploration: The land routes of Central Asia. In 1260 the brothers Nicolo and Maffeo Polo set out on a trading expedition to Crimea. After two years they were ready to return to Venice, but, finding the way home blocked by war, they traveled eastward to Bukhara (now in Uzbekistan in Central Asia), where they spent another… Read More.
