A new book suggests that 13th-century Venetian adventurer Marco Polo may have been the first European explorer to discover the New World. “The Mysteries of Marco Polo’s Maps,” published by ...

When the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo visited Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, ... Venice, and Constantinople (now Istanbul), that appeared on the world map by Fra Mauro, ...

Audiences at the exhibition "Wonders of the World: China and Beyond in the Eyes of Marco Polo", going on from Nov 23 to March 30, 2025, at Shanghai Museum on the People's Square.