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A number of errors in Marco Polo's account have been noted: for example, he described the bridge later known as Marco Polo Bridge as having twenty-four arches instead of eleven or thirteen. [41] He also said that city wall of Khanbaliq had twelve gates when it had only eleven. [134]
A Venetian patrician, she was the second daughter of Marco Polo and Donata Badoer. After the death of her father, Fantina was forced to hand over the management of all her assets to her husband Marco Bragadin (whom she married in 1318), [1] even those entrusted to her directly and excluded from her dowry. Although Bragadin himself promised to ...
The game shares its name with the 13th-century Italian trader and explorer Marco Polo. [4]There does not appear to be any real connection between the game and the explorer of the same name, [5] Although according to one whimsical explanation, "legend has it that the famed explorer didn't have a clue as to where he was going", this being reflected in the "it" player's behavior. [6]
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 ...
Belonging to an ancient Venetian patrician family named Badoer, she was daughter of merchant Vitale Badoèr.In 1300 she married Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer, son of Niccolò Polo.
"Prince Chinkin" is a central character in the 1982 American-Italian miniseries Marco Polo, where he was portrayed by actor Junichi Ishida. [13] In this film, he is depicted as suffering from epilepsy. "Prince Jingim" is also a main character of the 2014 Netflix original series Marco Polo, where he is portrayed by Remy Hii. [14]
She was rumored to have died with 10,000 horses to her name. [citation needed] Beyond Marco Polo's fanciful story, both Rashīd al-Dīn and Abū'l Qāsim Qāshānī give her husband's name, either Abtaqul or Itqul. Both he and Khutulun's two sons were drowned by relatives of Dua, the Chaghadaid ruler.
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 Venetian explorer Marco Polo.