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In 1851, a three-masted clipper built in Saint John, New Brunswick also took his name; the Marco Polo was the first ship to sail around the world in under six months. [154] The airport in Venice is named Venice Marco Polo Airport. [155] The frequent flyer programme of Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific is known as the "Marco Polo Club". [156]
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English: Marco Polo almost certainly visited Caugigu, which was Đại Việt (also known as Annam, or Kiao-chi, or Giao-chi), i.e., northern Vietnam around 1284, just before the second Mongol invasion of Vietnam in 1285, in which Pham Ngu Lao, a Vietnamese general and son-in-law of the revered prince Tran Hung Dao, helped defend his country.
A map may prove that Marco Polo discovered America more than two centuries before Christopher Columbus. A sheepskin map, believed to be a copy of the 13th century Italian explorer's, may indicate ...
Nicolò Polo – Marco's father. He loves to speak in parables. Mafìo Polo – Marco's uncle. Marco learns of his uncle's homosexuality and is disgusted by it. Mafìo shares a potion with his lover Achmed and goes mad as a result. He spends the rest of his life an invalid. Kubilai Khan – The Khan of all Khans. He admires the Han culture ...
In the book, The Travels of Marco Polo, Kublai Khan officially received the Polos and sent them back with a Mongol named Koeketei as an ambassador to the pope. They brought with them a letter from the Khan requesting 100 educated people to come and teach Christianity and Western customs to his people and oil from the lamp of the Holy Sepulcher.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Marco Polo (m. 1300 ... of the Life and Times and of the Book of Messer Marcco Polo. California: ...
An introduction to Marco Polo is Leonard Olschki, Marco Polo's Asia: An Introduction to His "Description of the World" Called "Il Milione", translated by John A. Scott (Berkeley: University of California) 1960; it had its origins in the celebrations of the seven hundredth anniversary of Marco Polo's birth.