Historian Rong Xinjiang has spent the past 13 years trying to produce the definitive Chinese edition of “The Travels of Marco ...

Jacob Simmons has a great many passions, including rock music, giving acclaimed films three-and-a-half stars, watching random ...

Venice marks the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo's passing with a series of cultural events, bridging Türkiye's contributions ...

Venice is commemorating famous traveller and merchant Marco Polo, 700 years after his death. An exhibition in the Doge’s ...

Together with them, Marco Polo set off on a journey in 1271 - when ... There are doubts about some of the accounts of his travels, but overall they are regarded as reliable testimony of the ...

According to the 14th-century travelogue The Travels Of Marco Polo, the Italian adventurer set out in 1271 for China, where he became a favourite of the Emperor, serving at court for 20 years.

Many believe that Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy after encountering noodles during his 13th-century travels to China, ...

Venetian explorer, merchant, and writer Marco Polo died 700 years ago, in the year 1324. In his travels, which started at the age of 17 and lasted over 20 years, he touched upon numerous cities ...