Eugenio Burgio, who has been studying Marco Polo's oeuvres at the Venetian University Ca' Foscari for about as long as Polo was away from home, gave me an example of this book's journey: a French ...

Why are Marco Polo's travels still remembered almost eight centuries later?

marco polo talks about this reclining buddha in zhangye, and it's one of the few pieces of artwork that he describes in his book that still exists today. WHEN HE STOOD THERE, IT WAS ALREADY 300 OR ...

In the end, what’s so special about Marco Polo as presented here is that he wasn’t so special. The book concludes with three biographical vignettes of Polo’s contemporaries: A Chinese ...

The exhibition Real and Imaginary Lands, China and Marco Polo: A Tale of Books opened at the Shanghai Library in East China, showcasing original Italian manuscripts and featuring over 100 ...

Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the swimming-pool game that shares his name (though no one is quite sure why).

Marco Polo was an Italian merchant and explorer who travelled through Asia along the ancient Silk Road in the 13th century, ending his journey in Dadu, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 ...

Eugenio Burgio, who has been studying Marco Polo's oeuvres at the Venetian University Ca' Foscari for about as long as Polo was away from home, gave me an example of this book's journey: a French ...