They came back through Sumatra and the Andaman Islands, sailing around India before reaching Aden, Istanbul and finally Venice (see animated map below). WATCH: The journey of Marco Polo in 60 ...

Marco Polo’s account of his journey became a best seller partly because ... Information from the Travels was useful in improving maps of East Asia, which fed trade relations.

"The vivid portrayals in The Travels of Marco Polo are an authentic 'journey of knowledge', in which Marco Polo depicts ...

To illustrate the route taken by Marco Polo’s caravan and to mark the passage of time, a map was shown on screen accompanied by a voice-over by Mark Eden as Polo, describing the journey.