The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Maffio Polo
Also known as Messer Maffio, Maffio, Matthew Polo
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 4
Maffio Polo belongs to a family whose name seems made for roads that lead far beyond Venice. He is remembered as a fellow traveler, though the record gives little away about the man behind the name.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 4
- Books
- 1
Maffio Polo is identified as Marco Polo’s uncle and fellow traveler. The brief reference offers no developed account of his journey, relationships beyond that family connection, or personal transformation, leaving him as a small but resonant part of the Polo story.
Description
No physical details are recorded for Maffio Polo. His height, build, coloring, hair, eyes, facial features, and distinguishing marks are unknown. He can be dressed in plausible Venetian merchant-traveler clothing of the period, but the source does not specify his garments or demeanor.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Appearances
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