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The Travels of Marco Polo

13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo
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The Travels of Marco Polo

Summary

The Travels of Marco Polo is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,363 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Travels of Marco Polo authored Rustichello da Pisa[3].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo authored Marco Polo[4].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's genre is travel book[6].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's genre is travel literature[7].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's genre is robinsonade[8].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's based on is recorded as Le divisament dou monde[9].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's depicts is recorded as India[10].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's depicts is recorded as Japan[11].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo is part of Livre des merveilles[12].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's Commons category is recorded as Il milione[13].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's language of work or name is recorded as Old French[14].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's country of origin is recorded as Republic of Venice[15].
  • 1298 marks the founding of The Travels of Marco Polo[16].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo was published on 1298[17].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Q22703945[18].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Q108737084[19].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Marco Polos Reisen[20].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Milione[21].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as El libro de Marco Polo[22].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126200469[23].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138515589[24].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138561950[25].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138662399[26].
  • The Travels of Marco Polo's narrative location is recorded as Turkey[27].

Body

Geography

The Travels of Marco Polo is part of Livre des merveilles[12].

Designation and Status

The Travels of Marco Polo's instance of is recorded as written work[5].

History and Context

1298 marks the founding of The Travels of Marco Polo[16].

Why It Matters

The Travels of Marco Polo ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,363 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Afghanistan Armenia Beijing China Georgia India Japan Marco Polo Mongolia public domain Republic of Venice Turkey

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . gutenberg.org. gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . gutenberg.org. gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . it.wikisource.org. it.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . east. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Filesdotcomgigs · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → abe3cf05-e99f-4c26-9db6-f31f9d9b76d8
    Work available at url → https://eto.box/book/ccfde9fbe271095a50732ce9157b9b8b
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  2. 8d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → Old French
    Has edition or translation → Q22703945, Q108737084, Marco Polos Reisen +6
    Instance of → written work
    Inception → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q141152845]]"
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