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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]
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.
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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 ...
Marco is the only heir to the wealthy Polo family of Venice.Unsupervised, he freely roams the streets and canals of the city getting in trouble. When he is falsely accused of murdering the husband of his lover, he is exiled from Venice and travels east with his father and uncle to the court of Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor of the orient.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... He was born in New York where he began his working life as a journalist. ... Contemporaries of Marco Polo (1928, Boni & Liveright)
Denis Belliveau is an American photographer, author and explorer notable for retracing Marco Polo's route from Europe to Asia and back, a feat which culminated in the publication of the documentary and book titled In the Footsteps of Marco Polo; [2] the documentary has been used by Belliveau to create a unique interdisciplinary educational curriculum that he presents at schools and libraries ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. ... Marco Polo (crater) Marco Polo (1851 ship)