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"I did not tell half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed." -- Marco Polo<br /> | |||
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"I did not tell half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed." -- Marco Polo
as he lay on his deathbed, 1324
Marco Polo (1254 - 8 January 1324) was a merchant for the Venetian Republic of Italy. He learned trading from his father, Niccolò Polo, and his uncle, Maffeo Polo.
Marco was an ally of the Assassin Order, which included Dante Alighieri and Domenico Auditore's father. Marco hired Domenico as a sailor on his journeys, probably to keep him safe from Templars. Later, he and Domenico's father put him under the guidance of Dante, who trained him to be an Assassin.
Marco later traveled to Asia, where he met Kublai Khan and visited the palace of Genghis Khan, acquiring Altaïr's Codex, which he later brought back to Italy. After he and Domenico's father found out of Dante's death, which they knew was a Templar assassination, they gave Domenico the Codex and sent him to leave Italy for Spain, which is where Dante and Domenico were they were supposed to go.
In 1323, Marco confined to bed due to an unknown illness. Eventually, he died on January 8, 1324. Domenico later returned to find his father and Marco dead.