According to Henry Yale, the great geographer, Marco Polo was the first traveler to trace a route across the whole ... the coast of America. Additional discoveries made by Columbus after four ...

For a guy who claimed to spend 17 years in China as a confidant of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo left ... scholars now contend was America. History says little about Polo’s three daughters.

The achievement of the man who, seeking Asia by a Western Ocean route ... South America, — Columbus believes he has at last located the name and kingdom of the Can. The Book of Marco Polo ...

Centuries ago, the area was part of Marco Polo`s silk route, and tour operators are using the historical claim as a theme for their tours. The border has been closed since 1949. Tours crossing the ...

In return for renewed access to trade routes, Niccolo offers Khan full custody of Marco. An aghast Marco is hauled off for a shave and scrub while his father and uncle depart; “Marco Polo ...

Goods moved between China and Europe along this route. Marco Polo came from a family of merchants. When he was a small child, his father Niccolò and uncle Maffeo were already amassing some ...

Following the ancient trade route taken by the Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo more than 700 years ago, presenters Stanley and Max recreated the ancient journey from China's western ...

Conventional wisdom that the Americas were discovered by Christopher Columbus has been cast into doubt by centuries-old maps and documents suggesting that Marco Polo got there first. According to ...