What is marco polo noted for?

Question

What is marco polo noted for?

Answer 1

As well as having a mint with a hole named after him, isn't he famous for his writings about his travels to and in the China of Kublai Khan and for the trading relations he built up with China for Venice?

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

He was a Venetian merchant who travelled to China, then virtually unknown territory, with his uncle.  He stayed in China for many years, and was employed on various missions by the emperor of China, Kublai khan.  After his return to Venice he was captured by the Genoese and spent some years in prison, during which time he dictated the story of his adventures to a fellow prisoner, which became one of the most famous travel books in the world.