Christopher Columbus, for one, embarked on his explorations driven at least in part by Marco Polo's book, a copy of which, with handwritten annotations, was among his belongings. From the Yuan ...

National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita followed in Marco Polo’s footsteps and documented the amazing sights still ...

and Marco Polo is one of only a handful of medieval writers who still enjoys instant name-recognition. Yet there is little awareness of the 'Devisement's' complex history and development. This book ...

Imagine this: You're 17 and have never left home. Your father and uncle, merchants who have been absent your whole life, return home before they set off again on their next trip. Only this time ...

Almost 750 years ago, a young Venetian merchant named Marco Polo wrote a remarkable book chronicling his travels in China. The Book of the Marvels of the World was full of strange foreign customs ...

This year marks the 700th anniversary of the passing of Marco Polo, the Italian explorer who traveled to China in the 13th century and made the country known to many Westerners with his book The ...

Marco Polo, born in Venice in 1254 ... Rubrouck wrote about his encounter with the Mongol khan: The Khan had our books brought to him, the Bible and the breviary, and he asked with much curiosity ...