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When did Marco Polo return to Venice?
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Marco Polo returned to his native Venice in 1295.12
After spending approximately 17 years in the service of Kublai Khan, Polo and his family departed the Mongol dominions by sea around 1292 to escort a Mongol princess to Persia. Following their arrival in Hormuz, they traveled overland through Trebizond and Constantinople before finally reaching Venice.123