Original sentence: Marco Polo (September 15 1254 – January 8 1324) was a Venetian trader and explorer who, together with his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he called Cathay) and visited the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan).Marco Polo's father, Niccolò (also Nicolò in Venetian) and his uncle, Maffeo (also Maffio), were prosperous merchants who traded with the East
Edited sentence: Marco Polo (September 15 1254 – January 8 1324) was a (Venetian) Italian trader and explorer who, together with his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he called Cathay) and visited the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan).Marco Polo's father, Niccolò (also Nicolò in Italian) and his uncle, Maffeo (also Maffio), were prosperous merchants who traded with the East