Marco Polo: Genoa

On returning to Venice, Marco was imprisoned for in year in Genoa (located in Italy). The reason he was imprisoned was because of his participation in the Venetian navy who fought against Genoa. In 1298 AD, the soldiers were defeated and Marco Polo was caught. In the prison, there was a writer name Rustichello. Marco told Rustichello all the interesting things he had seen and heard during his travels. As Marco told, Rustichello wrote. From what Rustichello wrote, it soon became a book called The Travels of Marco Polo. The book illustrated how the travels impacted Marco and also the customs and values that Marco had brought back with him to Venice.