Surprising Facts About Marco Polo

The biography of Marco Polo tells the story of one of the most famous explorers of all time. Leaving Venice with his father and uncle, he spent 24 years going all the way from Israel to China, where he lived for 17 years. His life story involves working for the great Kublai Khan personally, surviving perilous journeys, and eventually writing one of the greatest travelogues of all time.

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[gmac]

He was very hard to find in a swimming pool!

[Hallows]

Read/watch “In the Footsteps of Marco Polo”. In the early ‘90’s two guys spent 2 years retracing his entire route from Venice to China and back, documenting every instance where his writings were proved accurate and where they deviated.

[Brekner]

Man, I bet sitting and listening to his tales would've been a blast. He traveled so much! What a man!

[ganondorfdragmire]

As an Italian very close to Venice I was expecting much worse. Instead I found a well thought out and balanced video. I cant put more likes, so i comment!

[rc]

I'm still angry Netflix canceled that Marco Polo series that show was friggen AMAZING.

[davidlancaster]

He had a fantastic life and spent decades in lands no European had explored. How could he not of had incredulous tales to tell?

[akramgimmini]

I was so fascinated by his Adventures as a Child that I got interested in History

That's why im here so thx Marco Polo :)

[hmj]

Marco Polo was a true hero his trips to China was really true I believe he did went to China.

[SJ-gzjy]

I love this narrator & his sense of humor so much!!!

[davidt]

Netflix cancelling the Marco Polo show was a crime!

[tjoyce]

You forgot to mention that Rustichello was the leading author of King Arthur romances, which were basically the period equivalent of fanfic, so it's not a total surprise that there may be some embellishment in his text, he kind of embellished things for a living.

[lindseyharalson]

If I can’t find my husband in the store I yell Marco and he’ll respond with the obvious polo until we find each other 😂

[NewMessage]

Fun Fact: He meant for the game to be called "First name/Last name".

[solanaceae]

Marco was so famous he even has a game of tag named in his honor.

[CJRealHoops]

"in 1259 or 1260, they left Constantinople just before it was sacked". Very odd choice of words. Constantinople was sacked in 1204 by the Crusaders and 1453 by the Ottomans... I assume you mean 1261 reconquest of the city by it's previous Byzantine owners, but this event is never called a sacking.

[Tully__]

An interesting topic to look into could be explorers Bourke & Wills & their exploration of the Aussie outback where rescuers were just a day late getting to them & found their dead bodies.

[v.emiltheii-nd.]

Marco Polo in Eiyu Senki: "Is this about me?"

[lostfound]

I finally know why my character kept on saying Marco polo when I fell in pool lol

[IsmailAbdulMusic]

Marco Polo, really experienced a lot and seen a lot. Pole, and merchant sailors wrote down what they saw when they witnessed giant flightless birds knows as elephant bird

[garycarpenter]

I'd love to hear about Christopher Columbus and Ponce De Leon