September 15, 1254 – January 8–9, 1324)[1] was a Venetian merchant traveller[2][3] whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World, also known as The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1300), a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and ChinaHe learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle, , travelled through Asia, and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, Lorenzo in Venice.