Greg Jenner is joined in 13th-Century Venice by Professor Sharon Kinoshita and comedian Ria Lina to learn all about medieval traveller Marco Polo and his adventures in China. Born into a family of ...

Marco Polo: the history behind the Netflix drama. John Fusco, the director and writer of Marco Polo, talks us through exclusive images from the show. 10 December 2014 • 11:02am .

MARCO POLO, the Italian merchant and first explorer to visit parts of Asia, established what would later be called the Silk Road, with one myth surrounding the ancient trade route debunked by a ...

Netflix’s new original series “Marco Polo” is stunning, on multiple levels. The production values are breathtaking; the show reportedly had a budget of a whopping $90 million, which is ...

For a guy who claimed to spend 17 years in China as a confidant of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo left a surprisingly skimpy paper trail. No Asian sources mention the footloose Italian. The only record ...

Marco Polo was born in 1254, at a time when Europe was looking not westward to the Atlantic, but eastward with fascination and trepidation. By this time, Mongol hordes had reached Hungary.

Marco Polo: history’s most famous travel writer? You're Dead to Me. Greg Jenner is joined in 13th-Century Venice by Professor Sharon Kinoshita and comedian Ria Lina to learn all about medieval ...