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Marco Polo (/ ˈ m ɑːr k oʊ ˈ p oʊ l oʊ / ⓘ; Venetian: [ˈmaɾko ˈpolo]; Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] ⓘ; c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) [1] was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
The Venetian explorer Marco Polo is widely believed to have visited Shangdu in about 1275. In about 1298–99, he dictated the following account: And when you have ridden three days from the city last mentioned, between north-east and north, you come to a city called Chandu
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 ...
Book of the Marvels of the World (Italian: Il Milione, lit. '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.
The Travels of Marco Polo, a book of stories by Marco Polo; Marc O'Polo, a fashion label; The Adventures of Marco Polo, a 1938 film directed by John Ford, starring Gary Cooper; La pietra di Marco Polo, a 1982-1983 Italian television series; Marco the Magnificent, also known as La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo, a 1965 film starring Horst Buchholz
In Xanadu traces the path taken by Marco Polo from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to the site of Shangdu, famed as Xanadu in English literature, in Inner Mongolia, China. The book begins with William Dalrymple taking a vial of holy oil from the burning lamps of the Holy Sepulchre , which he is to transport to Shangdu , the summer ...
In 1271, armed with a curious mind and a thirst for adventure, Venetian merchant Marco Polo headed east. He returned 24 years later with so many stories of the Silk Road that he was nicknamed Il ...
The image originates from Polo's text, describing Marco Polo's encounter with the city of Saba, which Polo noted claimed to be the burial site of the Three Magi. In the miniature, the Three Magi are seated in prayer, focusing their attentions on flames mounted on a pedestal.