The Travels of Marco Polo - Summary on a Map

In this second video about great explorers, let's retrace the Travels of Marco Polo across Asia, accompanied by his father and his uncle.
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Portuguese version (Brazil): Coming soon
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Music: Violet Vape - Cheel (YouTube Library)
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Software: Adobe After Effects
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Chapters
00:00 Context
00:41 The travel of Niccolo et Maffeo Polo (the father and the uncle of Marco Polo)
02:10 Departure from Venice and the meeting with the pope
03:10 Travel to China
05:03 Marco Polo in China
07:35 Back to Europe
08:50 “The travels of Marco Polo”
09:38 End of his life and consequences of his book
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#geohistory #history #marcopolo #explorer #china #asia

[vallecend]

I understand that there were probably a billion things that could get you killed back then, but spending almost your entire life discovering new lands and worlds and then telling the story to the people in your homeland sounds like a wonderful and meaningful life.

[endaohalloran]

Imagine being 15 and never meeting your father until he finally comes back after he finishes a massive expedition. To tell you about how he's entrusted by a leader of the Mongols to bring the pope to him. Then when you're 17 your father wishes to begin another adventure and invites you along. Ultimately traveling across the world for 24 years.

Is this not the most amazing set up to an adventure story ever??

[awepossum]

A man born in the 1200s, before modern transportation, got to see more of the world than most people today!

[merlinschmitt]

This guy managed to travel through the hearth lands of China and manages to die at the age of 69 What a legend

[dbsti]

I've heard about Polo, but not in this detail. These videos keep my historical knowledge strong.

[HFilip]

It would actually make some sense for him to not mention the great wall of china for the same reason it's actually not visible from space - while incredibly long, it's also relatively thin and unremarkable in many parts from up close. It also lost some of its defense function at that time by Khan conquering and unifying that area.

And if I'm not mistaken tea was somewhat known about in Europe at that time? Might be why he never felt the need to mention it.

[georgemiller]

“However, in the 2010s the Chinese scholar Peng Hai identified Marco Polo with a certain "Boluo", a courtier of the emperor, who is mentioned in the Yuanshi ("History of Yuan") since he was arrested in 1274 by an imperial dignitary named Saman. The accusation was that Boluo had walked on the same side of the road as a female courtesan, in contravention of the order for men and women to walk on opposite sides of the road inside the city.[116] According to the "Yuanshi" records, Boluo was released at the request of the emperor himself, and was then transferred to the region of Ningxia, in the northeast of present-day China, in the spring of 1275. The date could correspond to the first mission of which Marco Polo speaks.[117]

If this identification is correct, there is a record about Marco Polo in Chinese sources.”

[lowellfinn]

I know my comment probably not gonna noticed, but i love geo history because it makes my day far less boring and hope you all have a great day

[dr.woozie]

It’s crazy to think that Marco Polo’s life mission from the age of 15 was to meet the Mongol ruler who a) had never met and b) didn’t even know Marco existed. And by the time Marco Polo finally arrived the Mongols had probably long forgot that they had even requested for Christian scholars. A simple task made by Genghis Khan to some merchants took literally decades to complete.

[raymondqiu]

Wow this video puts in perspective the influence Marco Polo had on european conquest in further centuries as I previously had not known Marco polo to be very important

[johnzachariasrealtor]

What an adventurous and wonderful life back then… so many great ppl and travels in his life

[darth_home_invader]

What an amazing life. Travelling Asia and parts of the Middle East only to to later help write a book about those adventures, becoming famous and remembered in history as a great explorer and adventurer.

[TheKmpec]

What an adventure that had to be and what courage you would have needed to do it. Big cudos to him and his desire to explore!

[RomanumChristum]

Dude fuckin died at 69, what a legend.

[filipmazic]

They must have been taking their sweet time. Marco's relatives are gone for the first 15 years of his life, and then he goes on a 24 year expedition from Europe to Asia and back. How exciting it must have been to be a vagabond or explorer back then.

[thekingminn]

Bagan today has 2200 pagodas with just bare bricks. I would love to have seen the old Bagan that had 10, 000 pagodas covered with gold and white colors.

[Razijall]

This content is so interesting and nicely presented that it's simply amazingly enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

[TheGypsyWorld]

Taking adventures in those days were extremely challenging indeed.

[sanexpreso]

Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Zheng He, they are the greatest explorers before the age of exploration occurred

[abe]

It's crazy how people would do things like "Goodbye, wife and kids, I'm going on a 23 year journey to trade gold and gems with the emperor of the biggest kingdom in the known world"