# The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told

Date: 1292

## The fact

About 1292, as told, the Polos left China by sea in a mission escorting a princess to the Ilkhanid court. Year-level dating is honest. Marco Polo's documented role is: The book has them leave China by sea with a royal bride for the Ilkhan. Persian and Chinese notices of a princess journey are neighbouring files, not his autograph.

## Context

Sharing the voyage with Yuan and Ilkhanid courts as the book's named principals is required. The setting of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told is the public file around 1292-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [humanitarian-access](/drivers/humanitarian-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Britannica and Silk Road Seattle independently summarise the return-by-sea story. Official carrier: Silk Road Seattle — Polo's return by sea (https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/; University of Washington Silk Road Seattle). Independent carrier: Britannica — Polo departure from China c. 1292 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Silk Road Seattle — Polo's return by sea (https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/; University of Washington Silk Road Seattle). 1292 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Improving (received) maritime-route path. Complex. Medium confidence. The welfare reading on this path is improving. Readers checking this Fact should open both named URLs for The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told.

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## What is established and what is not

Established as received. Not established: a unique recovered passenger roll. Established: a sourced public record of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told under 1292-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not invent a unique passenger list. Mixed effects of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The attached driver is humanitarian-access. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told. Naming Marco Polo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1292-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Marco Polo: https://factrail.ai/people/marco-polo

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo
- https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mp-ilkhan-bride-1292