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 ...

Audiences at the exhibition "Wonders of the World: China and Beyond in the Eyes of Marco Polo", going on from Nov 23 to March 30, 2025, at Shanghai Museum on the People's Square. [Photo by Gao ...

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 ...

The exhibition Real and Imaginary Lands, China and Marco Polo: A Tale of Books kicks off at the Shanghai Library in East China, showcasing original Italian manuscripts and featuring over 100 ...

The exhibition seeks to represent all the sections and themes provided by the namesake Lincean conference (October 23-25, 2024), with detailed maps of Marco Polo's journeys, images of the cities ...

Alessandro Martini has spent about eight years in China, a sojourn he often compares to that of his compatriot Marco Polo, the Italian ... into a giant lucky dip of exploration for him, what ...

The authors of these books on adventures of exploration have ransacked the ... In Asia, between the romantic journeys of Marco Polo and the tragic struggles to conquer Everest, there are a dozen ...

This year marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo (1254–1324), the legendary Venetian traveler who introduced Asia to the West. Yet despite Marco Polo’s widespread recognition in China, ...