Marco Polo sets off on his journey to the East, embarking in Venice on a 24-year exploration of Asia and becoming one of the most famous European explorers. The journey followed the Silk Road, traveling through what are now Iran and Afghanistan, and involved crossing deserts, mountains, and hostile territories. Marco Polo returned to Venice in 1295 to find their family and neighbors believed them to be dead.
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