Lorenzo Richelmy
Marco Polo
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- 1. The Wayfarer Dec 12, 2014
- After three years crossing seas, deserts and the Silk Road, Marco Polo is a prisoner of Kublai Khan.
- 2. The Wolf and the Deer Dec 12, 2014
- Marco learns that justice in Kublai Khan's Imperial City is as swift as it is deadly.
- 3. Feast Dec 12, 2014
- Marco begins a relationship with the Blue Princess; tensions grow between Kublai Jia Sidao.
Aug 2, 2023 · (1254-1324) Who Was Marco Polo? Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer known for the book The Travels of Marco Polo, which describes his voyage to and experiences in Asia. Polo traveled...
Feb 12, 2019 · Marco Polo (1254-1324 CE) was a Venetian merchant and explorer who travelled to China and served the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (l. 1214-1294 CE) between c. 1275 and 1292 CE. Polo's adventures are recounted in his own writings, The Travels, where he describes the peoples, places, and customs of the East, including the fabulous court of the Khan.
'The Million', possibly derived from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), [1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo.
Jan 8, 2024 · Filled with wonders, Marco Polo's tales are the first European account of the Silk Road. But, 700 years after the famed Venetian merchant and explorer's death, can they be trusted?
Marco Polo, title page of the first printed edition of The Travels of Marco Polo, 1477. Marco Polo, (born c. 1254, Venice [Italy]—died Jan. 8, 1324, Venice), Venetian merchant and traveler who journeyed from Europe to Asia (1271–95).
By Cynthia Stokes Brown. At the height of the Mongol Empire, Marco Polo served Emperor Kublai Khan in China and returned to Venice to write an account of his experiences that would give Europeans some of their earliest information about China. Background.
Sep 10, 2019 · September 10, 2019. • 15 min read. The world-famous explorer Marco Polo is credited with many things, but perhaps the greatest is compiling one of the world’s first best-selling travelogues....
