He was probably caught by Genoans in a skirmish in 1296, off the Anatolian coast between Adana and the Gulf of Alexandretta and not during the battle of Curzola (September 1298), off the Dalmatian coast.
Leta 1271, v času doža Lorenza Tiepola, je Marco Polo (star sedemnajst let) z očetom in stricem odpotoval v Azijo, kar je kasneje opisal v knjigi.