The Travels of Marco Polo
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The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travel narrative recounting Venetian explorer Marco Polo’s extensive journeys through Asia, particularly the Mongol Empire and China, and describing the lands, peoples, and customs he encountered.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Travels of Marco Polo canonical | 12 |
| Genoese captivity of Marco Polo | 2 |
| travels of Marco Polo | 2 |
| Il Milione di Marco Polo | 1 |
| Marco Polo's service to Kublai Khan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T680355 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Travels of Marco Polo Context triple: [Marco Polo Bridge, mentionedIn, The Travels of Marco Polo]
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A.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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B.
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a 19th-century biographical and historical work that narrates the explorations and legacy of Christopher Columbus in a romanticized literary style.
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C.
The Travels of Benjamin the Third
The Travels of Benjamin the Third is a classic 19th-century Yiddish satirical novel that parodies romantic adventure tales through the misadventures of a naive Jewish dreamer.
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D.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights is a classic collection of Middle Eastern folk tales framed by the story of Scheherazade, whose imaginative storytelling each night postpones her execution by a king.
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E.
the city of a thousand trades
The city of a thousand trades is a historic nickname for Birmingham, England, reflecting its diverse and prolific industrial and manufacturing heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Travels of Marco Polo Target entity description: The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travel narrative recounting Venetian explorer Marco Polo’s extensive journeys through Asia, particularly the Mongol Empire and China, and describing the lands, peoples, and customs he encountered.
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A.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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B.
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a 19th-century biographical and historical work that narrates the explorations and legacy of Christopher Columbus in a romanticized literary style.
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C.
The Travels of Benjamin the Third
The Travels of Benjamin the Third is a classic 19th-century Yiddish satirical novel that parodies romantic adventure tales through the misadventures of a naive Jewish dreamer.
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D.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights is a classic collection of Middle Eastern folk tales framed by the story of Scheherazade, whose imaginative storytelling each night postpones her execution by a king.
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E.
the city of a thousand trades
The city of a thousand trades is a historic nickname for Birmingham, England, reflecting its diverse and prolific industrial and manufacturing heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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medieval text ⓘ travel literature ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Il Milione
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Le Devisement du Monde ⓘ |
| author | Marco Polo ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Rustichello da Pisa ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | circa 1298–1299 ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of cities
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descriptions of court ceremonies ⓘ descriptions of religions ⓘ descriptions of trade routes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| describes |
Asia
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Central Asia ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Mongol Empire ⓘ Persia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| genre |
exploration literature
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memoir ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| historicalSetting | 13th century Asia ⓘ |
| influenced |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Christopher Columbus ⓘ European cartography ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
major source on Mongol Empire for medieval Europe
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one of the earliest detailed European accounts of China ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
court of Kublai Khan
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customs of Asian peoples ⓘ geography of Asia ⓘ journeys of Marco Polo ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | series of regional descriptions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old French ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Genoa ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Silk Road routes
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surface form:
Silk Road regions
|
| subjectOf | scholarly debate on accuracy ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ many modern languages ⓘ |
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Referenced by (18)
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this entity surface form:
travels of Marco Polo
this entity surface form:
Il Milione di Marco Polo
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Marco Polo's service to Kublai Khan
this entity surface form:
Genoese captivity of Marco Polo
this entity surface form:
Genoese captivity of Marco Polo
this entity surface form:
travels of Marco Polo