1. Meets Kublai Khan at Shangdu

    · Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, Yuan Empire

    Meets Kublai Khan at Shangdu
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    After the trans-Asian journey, Marco and his relatives reached Kublai Khan’s summer capital and delivered the papal letter. Some older reconstructions give 1274, but 1275 is the commonly accepted arrival year.

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