The important thing about Marco Polo is that he traveled to China.

He was from Italy and met Kublai Khan when he was 20.

Marco Polo traveled 15,000 miles.

There was also a book about him called The Travels of Marco Polo,

and traveled through China for 15 years.

He walked across 400 miles of desert.

He told about paper money, coal, and mining.

He went along a trail in central Asia called the Silk Road.

He was called Europe’s biggest liar,

but also the World’s Greatest Traveler.

But the important thing about Marco Polo is that he traveled to China.