Actually 600 people died during this journey.
Coming Home
The Polos stayed in Khan's court for 17 years, acquiring great wealth in jewels and gold. They were anxious to be on the move since they feared that if Kublai - now in his late seventies - were to die, they might not be able to get their considerable fortune out of the country. The Kublai Khan reluctantly agreed to let them return after they escorted a Mongol princess Kokachin to marry to a Persian prince, Arghun.
Marco did not provide full account of his long journey home. The sea journey took 2 years during which 600 passengers and crewed died. Marco did not give much clue as to what went wrong on the trip, but there are some theories. Some think they may have died from scurvy, cholera or by drowning; others suggest the losses were caused by the hostile natives and pirate attacks. This dreadful sea voyage passed through the South China Sea to Sumatra and the Indian Ocean, and finally docked at Hormuz. There they learned that Arghun had died two years previously so the princess married to his son, prince Ghazan, instead. In Persia they also learned of the death of Kublai Khan. However his protection outlived him, for it was only by showing his golden tablet of authority that they were able to travel safely through the bandit-ridden interior. Marco admitted that the passports of golden tablets were powerful:
"Throughout his dominions the Polos were supplied with horses and provisions and everything needful......I assure you for a fact that on many occasions they were given two hundred horsemen, sometimes more and sometimes less, according to the number needed to escort them and ensure their safe passage from one district to another."
From Trebizond on the Black Sea coast they went by sea, by way of Constantinople, to Venice, arriving home in the winter of 1295.
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Venice (Venezia) actually needs no introduction, see how to get there with hotelbye . This city has been a fabled destination for centuries. Only the name Venice is enough to conjure up a bunch of photos, also for those who have not even collection base in Italy. From gondoliers in striped jerseys to the Rialto and the Bridge of Sighs, bad balls, wonderful barges, courtesans in gondolas and failing palaces facing roads manufactured from water Venice is an incredible city. After the only link throughout the Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge scars the spot of the island's first settlement, called Rivus Altus and is currently one of the plenty of place that Venice has to offer.
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