27/149 The brothers Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, father and uncle of Marco Polo, make their first trading venture through Central Asia. They make their second journey, accompanied by Marco Polo; and about 1275 arrived at the Court of Kublai Khan in Shangfu, whence Marco Polo was entrusted with several missions to Cochin China, Khanbalig (Pekin), and the Indian Seas. Hereford map of Richard of Haldingham. The Ebstorf _Mappa Mundi_. Friar John of Monte Corvino, travels in India, and afterwards becomes Archbishop of Pekin. |