Ibn Battuta, one of history’s greatest explorers, embarked on a remarkable journey that spanned nearly 30 years and covered vast parts of the world. This video delves into how Ibn Battuta, born in ...

A visitor looks at an oil painting at the exhibition A Journey of Knowledge: The Travels of Marco Polo and Its Legacy Between East and West in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 8. QI XIAO/CHINA ...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — People can debate what has been more admirable about the life of Marco Polo Smigliani — his time in the Marines during the Vietnam War or what he has done as a volunteer ...

They confirmed and pinpointed the whereabouts of Sun On Lee, which can’t be found with a cursory Google Maps search ... the 31 was reborn as the Marco Polo Tavern Restaurant.

maritime maps and navigational tools. Shanghai Museum and the City of Venice jointly presented The Worlds of Marco Polo: The Journey of a 13th Century Venetian Merchant at Doge's Palace in Venice ...

[Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] An ongoing exhibition at the Shanghai Museum commemorates the life and journey of Marco Polo (1254-1324), one of the most celebrated travelers from the West to ...

Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Subscribe for ads-free reading This year marks the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo and his adventures in East Asia. Polo’s encounters with merchants ...

Italian explorer Marco Polo was a key focus of a recent meeting ... but also the personal journey of his own artistic exploration. "As a Chinese artist, I constantly reflect on how to use art ...

Marco Polo, the man now most closely associated with the road ... risked their lives to make the dangerous journey to what was then the Oxford of ancient Asia: the great Buddhist university of Nalanda ...

Before Marco embarked on his journey to Asia ... If some highly controversial (and possibly forged) maps are to be believed, Polo also visited parts of the Alaskan coast hundreds of years ...