Which Parts of the Story of Marco Polo’s Life Are Fact, and Which Parts Are Legends?
There has been great controversy surrounding the existence of Marco Polo throughout history, as either fact or legend. There have been questions surrounding whether Marco Polo was the first European who traveled to China. This essay will discuss why Marco Polo’s journey is a fact.
People ask why Marco Polo is considered as fiction. It was really difficult for him to prove if he was telling the truth. As to whether he was a real person and if he was actually the first European to travel to China there has been great debate. One of the reasons for people thinking that Marco Polo is fiction includes, when Marco Polo returned from his China trip in the past, it would have been difficult to believe him. It was very possible that he could have died because there was no development in China at the time, or he could have perished on the way there, his boat could have capsized. He wrote about his journey and people did not believe him. This was the reason why many people doubted whether he was a real person, and was believed to be a legend. However, in later years, people began to change their mind.
After people travelled to China in modern times, people started to believe Marco Polo was a real person because China looked exactly as how Marco Polo described. Marco Polo wrote a journal about his adventures, and was read by many people. There are lots of books that were published which reference polo’s journal entries, one book includes Book of the Marvel of the World written by Rustichello da Pisa. This particular book describes his travels through Asia, Persia, China and Indonesia written between 1276 and 1291. Marco Polo was the first European who traveled to China. He is famous because he wrote his own book during his journey. He was born in Venice and went to China when people hadn’t, so people found it hard to believe him and his exotic tales. They didn’t know what China looked like and people in the past couldn’t travel far away because it was too dangerous.
People ask why Marco Polo is considered as fiction. It was really difficult for him to prove if he was telling the truth. As to whether he was a real person and if he was actually the first European to travel to China there has been great debate. One of the reasons for people thinking that Marco Polo is fiction includes, when Marco Polo returned from his China trip in the past, it would have been difficult to believe him. It was very possible that he could have died because there was no development in China at the time, or he could have perished on the way there, his boat could have capsized. He wrote about his journey and people did not believe him. This was the reason why many people doubted whether he was a real person, and was believed to be a legend. However, in later years, people began to change their mind.
After people travelled to China in modern times, people started to believe Marco Polo was a real person because China looked exactly as how Marco Polo described. Marco Polo wrote a journal about his adventures, and was read by many people. There are lots of books that were published which reference polo’s journal entries, one book includes Book of the Marvel of the World written by Rustichello da Pisa. This particular book describes his travels through Asia, Persia, China and Indonesia written between 1276 and 1291. Marco Polo was the first European who traveled to China. He is famous because he wrote his own book during his journey. He was born in Venice and went to China when people hadn’t, so people found it hard to believe him and his exotic tales. They didn’t know what China looked like and people in the past couldn’t travel far away because it was too dangerous.