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Rustichello da Pisa
Rustichello da Pisa also known as Rusticello and Rustigielo,(fl. late 13th century) was an Italian romance writer best known for cowriting Marco Polo's autobiography while they were in prison together in Genoa. A native Pisan, he may have been captured by the Genoese at the Battle of Meloria in 1284, amid a conflict between the Republic of Genoa and Pisa. When Polo was imprisoned around 1298, perhaps after a clash between Genoa and Venice (according to tradition the Battle of Curzola), he dictated his tales of travel to Rustichello, and together they turned it into the book known as The Travels of Marco Polo.
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Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu (2001)
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This song is an instrumental.
How did I ever get into this mess
I fell in the river and I wrecked my dress
I wanted to look good because he's coming tonight
And he's bringing me things that I like
Oh Marco--I'm shallow
But I don't want you to think
That you're buying my love
With these things
The last place you wrote from was Constantinople
I am not impressed Marco--I've been around
Well, anyways--I told our friends
And we'll meet you at the warehouse
Down by the docks tonight
Oh Marco--I'm shallow
But I don't want you to think
That you're buying my love
With these frivolous things
But I'm dying for dresses
And I've run out of perfume
And I'm pining for a wine
That is halfway decent
Please don't think I'm forward but I made a reservation
At our favorite restaurant tonight for two
And if you need a place to stay
I mean if all the hotels are full
Well, my room-mate is gone for the weekend
Oh Marco--I'm shallow
But I don't want you to think
That you're buying my love
With these frivolous things
But I'm dying for dresses
And I've run out of perfume
And I'm pining for a wine
That is halfway decent
Marco Polo is coming tonight
And he's bringing me things that I like
Things that I like
Things that I really, really like
Woke to find some blood on the workbench
And forgot where it came from
Over time we get so careless with all the tools to make progress
It's defensive silence that cracks into canyons and grows
Oh no
I'm glad you grew up stronger
I'm glad we grew apart
â'Cause now we laugh much harder and that's a start
We're bitter in our own special ways
We're better now with time spent off stage
It's hard when you have to share half a brain
The other half gets to big for the space
If you want me to find you I'll probably go
We can cheat for each other in Marco Polo
When we still act like brothers it's nothing at all
There's nothing too small
Just don't ask for it all
Fish out of water!
Marco-Polo!
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- Buggin Out
- The Radar (remix)
- The Bridge
- Official
- Bomb Shit
- Whylin Out
- Think of You Now
- Combat Drills
- Best to Do It (Marco Polo remix) (feat. Royce da 5'9", eLZhi & Supastition)
- Blockshit
- Who I Be (Marco Polo remix)
- How I Get Down (Marco Polo remix)
- So Basic
- The Veteran
- Ambition
- Radio (Marco Polo remix) (feat. Exile, Ruste Juxx & Torae)
- Port Authority Intro
- Get Busy (feat. Copywrite)
- Marquee (feat. O.C.)
- War (feat. Kardinal Offishall)
- Nostalgia (feat. Masta Ace)
- Wrong One (feat. Wordsmith)
- Low Budget Allstars (feat. Kev Brown, Ken Starr, Oddisee, Cy Young & Kaimbr)
- Speak Softly (feat. JoJo Pellegrino)
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- All My Love (feat. Jaysaun)
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- Go Around (feat. Buckshot)
- Hood Tales (feat. Kool G Rap & D.V. Alias Khryst)
- Heat (feat. Supastition)
- Rollin' (feat. Sadat X, JuJu & A.G.)
- For the Future (feat. Critically Acclaimed)
- Relax (feat. J*Davey)
- Truffle Shuffle
- Kwyjibo
- Hired Goons
- Stakes Is Higher
- Coffee Break
- Official
- La Guardia to Pearson
- Think of U Now
- Diamonds
- Newport (interlude)
- Beat Society
- The Greatest
- No U Won't
- Situations (feat. Rasco)
- My Rights (feat. Wordsworth)
- How I Get Down (feat. Skoob)
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marco polo the movie
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- Duration: 1:53
- Published: 04 Apr 2007
- Updated: 06 Jul 2012
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Marco Polo
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- Duration: 43:08
- Published: 01 Dec 2011
- Updated: 15 Sep 2012
ZDF/Sphinx -- Film von Hans-Christian Huf (1996) - Der Venezianer Marco Polo gilt heute als der berühmteste Asienreisende des Mittelalters. Zu Lebzeiten war er jedoch noch unbekannt, denn sein Reisebericht wurde erst Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts zu einem Bestseller. Zu dieser Zeit existierten nur noch Abschriften der ursprünglichen Handschrift, und man darf annehmen, dass in der Zwischenzeit einige phantasievolle Ausschmückungen der Geschichte von späteren Autoren hinzugedichtet worden waren. Doch wie stand es um den ursprünglichen Bericht und dessen Wahrheitsgehalt? Marco Polo erzählte, er sei 1271 im Alter von 17 Jahren mit seinem Vater und seinem Onkel zu einer Handelsreise nach Asien aufgebrochen. Über Konstaninopel, Hormuz und die Seidenstraße seien sie bis nach China gelangt, wo sie am Hofe des Mongolenherrschers Kublai Khan empfangen wurden. Während seine Verwandten ihren Handelsgeschäften nachgingen, sei er im Auftrag des Großkhans durch das Reich gereist. Nach 24 Jahren waren alle drei wohlbehalten wieder in ihrer Heimatstadt Venedig angelangt. Zur damaligen Zeit herrschte für einige Jahrzehnte eine erstaunliche Handelsfreiheit: Die Mongolen hatten fast ganz Asien erobert und förderten in ihrem riesigen Reich den Handel. Ausländer waren willkommen, und so reisten auch wagemutige europäische Kaufleute bis nach China. Der Großkhan vergab an Händler goldene Tafeln, die ihnen ermöglichten, im ganzen Mongolenreich Handel zu treiben. In dieser Dokumentation von Sphinx <b>...</b>
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Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo Part 1
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- Duration: 9:56
- Published: 23 Aug 2008
- Updated: 29 Aug 2012
In the first installment in the series, Johnny Thunder, Pippin Reed Thunder, and Harry Cane are summoned to Venice when Dr. Charles Kilroy's friend and colleague Block Sauniere is murdered at the Marco Polo Museum. It is soon revealed the Block Sauniere knew about Marco Polo's greatest treasure: the grand Golden Dragon. The adventurers set off after it, but Lord Sam Sinister, along with bungling henchmen Billy the Kid, Patrick, and Nevada Smith, are after the treasure as well. To make matters worse, the crazed tyrant Chang Wu has led an uprising in China and only Chinese general Mao Zedong III can stop it. Who will get the Golden Dragon first? Watch the movie to find out! Visit our channel: www.youtube.com Visit our website: mustachemaniacsfilmco.webs.com Visit our press room: mustachemaniacpressroom.blogspot.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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Shaw Brothers Marco Polo aka 4 Assassins "Victory In My Clutches" by Jay Electronica
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- Duration: 3:07
- Published: 24 Apr 2011
- Updated: 16 Sep 2012
A tribute to the Shaw Brothers martial arts film, Marco Polo aka The Four Assassins with music by Jay Electronica featuring the track 'Victory In My Clutches'... This was the first film I ever saw in a movie theatre; a double feature followed by Bruce Lee's 'The Big Boss'...my big brother took me, at the dollar matinee cinemas
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Marco Polo Shaw Brothers Films trailer by Ghonar
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- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 14 Mar 2011
- Updated: 14 Mar 2011
Marco Polo Mysterious China Promo
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- Duration: 1:48
- Published: 14 Mar 2007
- Updated: 03 Aug 2012
A brief look into the Marco Polo Trilogy. Beautiful cinematography and narration accompany a wealth of information in these three DVDs. Please visit the Monarex website to purchase... www.monarex.com ...We appreciate the support! It took us three years and well over a million dollars to make these films!
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Marco Polo (2007) Rebellion Scene
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- Duration: 7:27
- Published: 17 Jan 2010
- Updated: 31 Oct 2011
Hallmark Channel's Marco Polo with Ian Somerhalder and BD Wong. This is the rebellion scene against a corrupt general. If you like this film, you can buy it at Amazon.com: www.amazon.com
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Marco Polo - Im Reiche des Kublai Khan
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- Duration: 91:56
- Published: 31 Dec 2011
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Regie: Chang Cheh Darsteller: Alexander Fu Sheng, Richard Harrison China 1275. Dschingis Khan, der Mongole, der das Reich der Mitte unterworfen hat, ist seit 50 Jahren tot. Doch Kubilai, sein Enkel, übt ein strenges Regiment, stets darauf bedacht, sein Reich immer weiter zu vergrößern. An seinen Hof kommt Marco Polo, ein junger Venezianer. Bald gewinnt Kubilai Gefallen an ihm und ernennt ihn zum Groß-Khan der Provinz Kuang-tung, die durch die Aufsässigkeit ihrer Bewohner besonders schwer zu regieren ist, obwohl jeder Waffengebrauch streng verboten ist. Die Freiheitskämpfer üben sich indessen im ständigen Gebrauch von Kung Fu und Jeet Kune Do - und Marco Polo kann ihnen seine Sympathie nicht versagen. Diese Haltung rettet ihm schließlich auch das Leben, als es zu einem mörderischen Aufstand kommt...
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Marco Polo - prima puntata
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- Duration: 10:17
- Published: 24 Jun 2009
- Updated: 09 Sep 2012
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Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo Part 13
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- Duration: 9:02
- Published: 24 Oct 2008
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
This is it. This is the last part of the film. The Golden Dragon is hauled away and Lord Sinister has been defeated... until next time! To all of my fans, I would like to thank all of you for your commitment on my film each and every week. I am also glad that you liked the film. I hope to see you all again in 2009. PS Please bear with me on the length of the end credits. It's like that for legal reasons. Visit our channel: www.youtube.com Visit our website: mustachemaniacsfilmco.webs.com Visit our press room: mustachemaniacpressroom.blogspot.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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Marco Polo .:. Ennio Morricone
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- Duration: 2:44
- Published: 25 Jan 2011
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Theme from the TV series Marco Polo. Soundtrack
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Aral & Sauzé feat. Chip Fu - respire (prod: Marco Polo)
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- Duration: 3:25
- Published: 12 May 2012
- Updated: 13 Sep 2012
Authors : Aral & Sauzé / Chip Fu Composer : Marco Polo Mixer : Alexandre Aretz Cast : Konstantinos Karoulidis Camera : Mustapha Mezmizi, Luis Iglesias Alvarez, Frame Size, Ivan Sanchez Director : Cuadra Films Editor : Luis Iglesias Alvarez for Cuadra Films Calibration : Mustapha Mezmizi for Cuadra Films Link for download: aral-sauze.bandcamp.com
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![[Marco Polo 2.220001] PETITGIRARD: Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man](http://web.archive.org./web/20120920005851im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VlLBXxtCwQw/0.jpg "[Marco Polo 2.220001] PETITGIRARD: Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man")
[Marco Polo 2.220001] PETITGIRARD: Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man
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- Duration: 4:32
- Published: 08 Apr 2008
- Updated: 20 May 2012
This month Marco Polo is proud to present its first DVD Video title. True to the label's eclectic vision we are thrilled to present French composer Laurent Petitgirard's opera Joseph Merrick, dit Elephant Man in the critically acclaimed stage production with an all-star cast from Opéra Nice. Written in 1998, Petitgirard's opera differs from David Lynch's cult film in offering an entirely different perspective on the tale of Joseph Merrick, born in 1863 with horrific deformities, exhibited as a freak at the circus, taken in by Dr. Treves at the London Hospital and subsequently afforded celebrity status. Where the film is based largely on Dr. Treves' memoirs, the opera is based on biographies of Joseph Merrick giving his character a more central focus than in the film. "The opera is many ways the most original treatment of the story... The most revolutionary aspect of the opera is the writing of Merrick's part for a female singer. At first tempted to make Merrick a counter-tenor, Petitgirard finally decided that only the contralto voice could give him the effects he wanted. Certainly, in the theatre, this helps to create the aura of strangeness, of otherness, which Merrick personifies." The Independent "Petitgirard's musical vocabulary reflects his French heritage - the influences of Fauré, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie are evident - but his subtlety, melodic gift and sensitivity to the drama make him well-equipped to inherit the mantle and create his own outstandingly original <b>...</b>
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Marco Polo: World's Greatest Overland Journey WorldBizWatch
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- Duration: 1:56
- Published: 15 May 2007
- Updated: 18 May 2012
www.1000pictures.tv Here's the trailer to our award winning documentary. It's hosted and inspired by my partner, Mike Yamashita, the legendary photographer for National Geographic Magazine. This 90 minute film won top prize at the Asian TV Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Original Musical Score. It has aired only on the National Geographic Channel in Asia, exclusively sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airlines. And now as Executive Producers, we seek sponsors to distribute this film around the world. (Fred Chan/Mel Henderson serve as our Co-EPs)
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MARCO POLO Lorena MCKennitt
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- Duration: 5:06
- Published: 18 Jan 2008
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Marco Polo,movies scenes
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Marco Polo: the beach is mine
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- Duration: 3:53
- Published: 21 Jul 2006
- Updated: 29 Apr 2012
my brandnew summerhit "the beach is mine" join me www.marco-polo.cc coidea@gmail.com
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The Marco Polo's of Thunderbird (1969)_Thunderbird School of Global Management
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- Duration: 14:58
- Published: 19 Apr 2012
- Updated: 10 Aug 2012
Another film used to promote the school. This film includes views of the campus and students, as well as faculty, staff, President Arthur Peterson, and some members of the Board of Directors during that time. It is narrated/hosted by Lowell Thomas, of radio and MovieTone newsreel fame.
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Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo Action Trailer
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- Duration: 2:06
- Published: 01 Jun 2008
- Updated: 18 May 2012
This is the second trailer for the brickfilm I've been making. I hope you have as much fun watching the trailer as I did making it! Visit our channel: www.youtube.com Visit our website: mustachemaniacsfilmco.webs.com Visit our press room: mustachemaniacpressroom.blogspot.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
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- Duration: 3:06
- Published: 02 Apr 2009
- Updated: 10 Jun 2012
This is an epic documentary production, beautifully crafted and filmed by director Jonathan Finnigan and award-winning National Geographic photographer Mike Yamashita. It tells the story of one of the greatest overland journeys ever attempted by man, and follows Marco Polo's China route along the legendary Silk Road, using his writings in Description of the World as our guide book. We join Yamashita in the Pamir mountains between Afghanistan and China as he describes his fascination with the subject and gives a taste of the amazing sights. Along the way we follow Marco Polo's adventures, with all the sights and sounds of the journey enhanced by additional colour and texture from live musical performances. We also listen to the case from British scholar, Francis Wood who sheds considerable doubt on whether Marco Polo actually went to China. This beautiful film takes us closer to the truth, allowing the viewer to make up their own minds. In this visual feast, we experience a world where little has changed in 700 years.
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Marco Polo-Lowd Ft. Cassie Simone
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- Duration: 3:46
- Published: 22 Aug 2007
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Nice song from the movie Alpha dog
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Marco Polo - RSStB WOW SIX HUNDRED EPISODES
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- Duration: 4:14
- Published: 14 Mar 2010
- Updated: 19 Apr 2012
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Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo Suspense Trailer
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- Duration: 1:40
- Published: 26 Apr 2008
- Updated: 18 May 2012
This is the trailer for the brickfilm that I've been working on for the last year. I've been having a lot of fun working on it and I hope you have fun watching this trailer. Please note that the voices used in the trailer are not the voices that will be used in the final film. Visit our channel: www.youtube.com Visit our website: mustachemaniacsfilmco.webs.com Visit our press room: mustachemaniacpressroom.blogspot.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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Adventures of Marco Polo, The Movie Clip Snapping Turtle
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- Published: 27 Feb 2011
- Updated: 09 Jun 2012
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This article is about the trader and explorer. For other uses, see Marco Polo (disambiguation).
| Marco Polo | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Marco Polo[Note 1] |
|
| Born | c. 1254 presumably in Venice, Italy |
| Died | January 9, 1324(1324-01-09) (aged 69) Venice, Venetian Republic |
| Resting place | Church of San Lorenzo 45°15′41″N 12°12′15″E / 45.2613°N 12.2043°E / 45.2613; 12.2043 |
| Occupation | Merchant, Explorer |
| Known for | The Travels of Marco Polo |
| Spouse | Donata Badoer |
| Children | Fantina, Bellela, and Moretta |
| Parents | Mother: Unknown Father: Niccolò Polo |
Marco Polo (
i/ˈmɑrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo]; c. 1254 – January 9, 1324)[1] was a Venetian merchant traveler[2][3] from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned, and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married and had three children. He died in 1324, and was buried in San Lorenzo.
Their pioneering journey inspired Christopher Columbus[4] and others. Marco Polo's other legacies include Venice Marco Polo Airport, the Marco Polo sheep, and several books and films. He also had an influence on European cartography, leading to the introduction of the Fra Mauro map.
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Life[link]
Early life and Asian travel[link]
See also: Niccolò and Maffeo Polo
The exact time and place of Marco Polo's birth are unknown, and current theories are mostly conjectural. One possible place of birth is Venice's former contrada of San Giovanni Crisostomo, which is sometimes presented by historians as the birthplace, and it is generally accepted that Marco Polo was born in the Venetian Republic with most biographers pointing towards Venice itself as Marco Polo's home town.[5] Some biographers suggest that Polo was born in the town of Korčula (Curzola), on the island of Korčula in today's Croatia, however there is no proof to this claim.[6][7] The most quoted specific date of Polo's birth is somewhere "around 1254".[Note 2] His father Niccolò was a merchant who traded with the Middle East, becoming wealthy and achieving great prestige.[8][9] Niccolò and his brother Maffeo set off on a trading voyage, before Marco was born.[9] In 1260, Niccolò and Maffeo were residing in Constantinople when they foresaw a political change; they liquidated their assets into jewels and moved away.[8] According to The Travels of Marco Polo, they passed through much of Asia, and met with the Kublai Khan.[10] Meanwhile, Marco Polo's mother died, and he was raised by an aunt and uncle.[9] Polo was well educated, and learned merchant subjects including foreign currency, appraising, and the handling of cargo ships,[9] although he learned little or no Latin.[8]
In 1269, Niccolò and Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo (at seventeen years of age), his father, and his uncle set off for Asia on the series of adventures that were later documented in Marco's book. They returned to Venice in 1295, 24 years later, with many riches and treasures. They had traveled almost 15,000 miles (24,000 km).[9]
Genoese captivity and later life[link]
See also: Battle of Curzola
Upon the Polos' return to Italy, Venice was at war with Genoa.[11] Genoese admiral Lamba D'Oria overwhelmed a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Curzola near the island of Korčula, and Polo was taken prisoner.[11] He spent several months of his imprisonment dictating a detailed account of his travels to a fellow inmate, Rustichello da Pisa,[9] who incorporated tales of his own as well as other collected anecdotes and current affairs from China. The book soon spread throughout Europe in manuscript form, and became known as The Travels of Marco Polo. It depicts the Polos' journeys throughout Asia, giving Europeans their first comprehensive look into the inner workings of the Far East, including China, India, and Japan.[12]
While Polo's book describes paper money and the burning of coal, it fails to mention the Great Wall of China, chopsticks, and footbinding, making skeptics wonder if Marco Polo had really gone to China, or wrote his book based on hearsay.[13] Yet, if the purpose of Polo's tales was to impress others with tales of his high esteem and fond regard in an advanced civilization, then the shrewd thing for Polo to do would be to omit those details that would cause his listeners to scoff at the Chinese with a sense of European superiority. Furthermore, researchers note that the Great Wall familiar to us today is a Ming structure, post-dating Marco Polo's travels by more than two centuries. The Yuan rulers whom Polo served, as well as the preceding Jin and Liao Empires controlled territories both north and south of the today's wall, and would have no reasons to maintain any fortifications that may have remained there from the earlier dynasties.[14] Other Europeans who traveled to Khanbaliq during the Yuan Dynasty, such as Giovanni de' Marignolli and Odoric of Pordenone, said nothing about the wall either.[14] Finally, the hearsay theory does not explain the absence of chop stick or foot binding reports. University of Tübingen researcher Hans Ulrich Vogel stated that Polo's description of paper money and salt production supported his presence in China.[15]
Polo was finally released from captivity in August 1299,[9] and returned home to Venice, where his father and uncle had purchased a large house in the central quarter named contrada San Giovanni Crisostomo. The company continued its activities and Marco soon became a wealthy merchant. Polo financed other expeditions, but never left Venice again. In 1300, he married Donata Badoer, the daughter of Vitale Badoer, a merchant.[16] They had three daughters, called Fantina, Bellela and Moreta.[17]
Death[link]
In 1323, Polo was confined to bed, due to illness. On January 8, 1324, despite physicians' efforts to treat him, Polo was on his deathbed. To write and certify the will, his family requested Giovanni Giustiniani, a priest of San Procolo. His wife, Donata, and his three daughters were appointed by him as co-executrices. The church was entitled by law to a portion of his estate; he approved of this and ordered that a further sum be paid to the convent of San Lorenzo, the place where he wished to be buried.[1] He also set free a "Tartar slave" who may have accompanied him from Asia.[18]
He divided up the rest of his assets, including several properties, between individuals, religious institutions, and every guild and fraternity to which he belonged. He also wrote-off multiple debts including 300 lire that his sister-in-law owed him, and others for the convent of San Giovanni, San Paolo of the Order of Preachers, and a cleric named Friar Benvenuto. He ordered 220 soldi be paid to Giovanni Giustiniani for his work as a notary and his prayers.[1] The will, which was not signed by Polo, but was validated by then relevant "signum manus" rule, by which the testator only had to touch the document to make it abide to the rule of law,[19] was dated January 9, 1324. Due to the Venetian law stating that the day ends at sunset, the exact date of Marco Polo's death cannot be determined, but it was between the sunsets of January 8 and 9, 1324.[1]
Travels of Marco Polo[link]
Further information: The Travels of Marco Polo
An authoritative version of Marco Polo's book does not exist, and the early manuscripts differ significantly. The published versions of his book either rely on single scripts, blend multiple versions together or add notes to clarify, for example in the English translation by Henry Yule. Another English translation by A.C. Moule and Paul Pelliot, published in 1938, is based on the Latin manuscript which was found in the library of the Cathedral of Toledo in 1932, and is 50% longer than other versions.[20] Approximately 150 variants in various languages are known to exist, and without the availability of a printing press many errors were made during copying and translation, resulting in many discrepancies.[21] Polo related his memoirs to Rustichello da Pisa while both were prisoners of the Genova Republic. Rustichello wrote The Devisament du Monde in Langues d'Oil, a lingua franca of crusaders and western merchants in the orient.[22] The idea probably was to create a handbook for merchants, essentially a text on weights, measures and distances.[23]
Narrative[link]
The book starts with a preface about his father and uncle traveling to Bolghar where Prince Berke Khan lived. A year later, they went to Ukek[24] and continued to Bukhara. There, an envoy from Levant invited them to meet Kublai Khan, who had never met Europeans.[25] In 1266, they reached the seat of the Kublai Khan at Dadu, present day Beijing, China. Khan received the brothers with hospitality and asked them many questions regarding the European legal and political system.[26] He also inquired about the Pope and Church in Rome.[27] After the brothers answered the questions he tasked them with delivering a letter to the Pope, requesting 100 Christians acquainted with the Seven Arts (grammar, rhetoric, logic, geometry, arithmetic, music and astronomy). Kublai Khan requested that an envoy bring him back oil of the lamp in Jerusalem.[28] The long sede vacante between the death of Pope Clement IV in 1268 and the election of his successor delayed the Polos in fulfilling Khan's request. They followed the suggestion of Theobald Visconti, then papal legate for the realm of Egypt, and returned to Venice in 1269 or 1270 to await the nomination of the new Pope, which allowed Marco to see his father for the first time, at the age of fifteen or sixteen.[29]
In 1271, Niccolò, Maffeo and Marco Polo embarked on their voyage to fulfill Khan's request. They sailed to Acre, and then rode on camels to the Persian port of Hormuz. They wanted to sail to China, but the ships there were not seaworthy, so they continued overland until reaching Khan's summer palace in Shangdu, near present-day Zhangjiakou. Three and a half years after leaving Venice, when Marco was about 21 years old, Khan welcomed the Polos into his palace.[9] The exact date of their arrival is unknown, but scholars estimate it to be between 1271 and 1275.[Note 3] On reaching the Yuan court, the Polos presented the sacred oil from Jerusalem and the papal letters to their patron.[8]
Marco knew four languages, and the family had accumulated a great deal of knowledge and experience that was useful to Khan. It is possible that he became a government official;[9] he wrote about many imperial visits to China's southern and eastern provinces, the far south and Burma.[30]
Kublai Khan declined the Polos' requests to leave China. They became worried about returning home safely, believing that if Khan died, his enemies might turn against them because of their close involvement with the ruler. In 1292, Khan's great-nephew, then ruler of Persia, sent representatives to China in search of a potential wife, and they asked the Polos to accompany them, so they were permitted to return to Persia with the wedding party – which left that same year from Zaitun in southern China on a fleet of 14 junks. The party sailed to the port of Singapore, travelled north to Sumatra, sailed west to the Trincomalee port of Jaffna under Savakanmaindan and to Pandyan of Tamilakkam. Describing the Pandyan kingdom under Lord Emperor Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I as the richest empire in existence, Polo arrived during the reign of Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I, son of Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I and one of five brother kings on the continent.[31] Eventually Polo crossed the Arabian Sea to Hormuz. The two-years voyage was a perilous one – of the six hundred people (not including the crew) in the convoy only eighteen had survived (including all three Polos).[32] The Polos left the wedding party after reaching Hormuz and travelled overland to the port of Trebizond on the Black Sea, the present day Trabzon.[9]
Legacy[link]
Further exploration[link]
Other lesser-known European explorers had already travelled to China, such as Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, but Polo's book meant that their journey was the first to be widely known. Christopher Columbus was inspired enough by Polo's description of the Far East to visit those lands for himself; a copy of the book was among his belongings, with handwritten annotations.[4] Bento de Góis, inspired by Polo's writings of a Christian kingdom in the east, travelled 4,000 miles (6,400 km) in three years across Central Asia. He never found the kingdom, but ended his travels at the Great Wall of China in 1605, proving that Cathay was what Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) called "China".[33]
Commemoration[link]
The Marco Polo sheep, a subspecies of Ovis aries, is named after the explorer,[34] who described it during his crossing of Pamir (ancient Mount Imeon) in 1271.[Note 4] In 1851, a three-masted Clipper built in Saint John, New Brunswick also took his name; the Marco Polo was the first ship to sail around the world in under six months.[35] The airport in Venice is named Venice Marco Polo Airport,[36] and the frequent flyer program of Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific is known as the "Marco Polo Club".[37] The travels of Marco Polo are fictionalised in Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne's Messer Marco Polo and Gary Jennings' 1984 novel The Journeyer. Polo also appears as the pivotal character in Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities. The 1982 television miniseries, Marco Polo, directed by Giuliano Montaldo and depicting Polo's travels, won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for six more.[38] Marco Polo also appears as a Great Explorer in the 2008 strategy video game Civilization Revolution.[39]
Cartography[link]
Marco Polo's travels may have had some influence on the development of European cartography, ultimately leading to the European voyages of exploration a century later.[40] The 1453 Fra Mauro map was said by Giovanni Battista Ramusio to have been partially based on the one brought from Cathay by Marco Polo:
That fine illuminated world map on parchment, which can still be seen in a large cabinet alongside the choir of their monastery (the Camaldolese monastery of San Michele di Murano) was by one of the brothers of the monastery, who took great delight in the study of cosmography, diligently drawn and copied from a most beautiful and very old nautical map and a world map that had been brought from Cathay by the most honourable Messer Marco Polo and his father.
See also[link]
- Chronology of European exploration of Asia
- Silk Road, which Marco Polo traveled.
- 1284 Yuan expedition to Sri Lanka
- Did Marco Polo go to China?
Notes[link]
- ^ The exact source is unknown, but the portrait originated from a 16th century painting in the Gallery of Monsignor Badia in Rome. Inscription: Marcus Polus venetus totius orbis et Indie peregrator primus. It appears in the Nordisk familjebok Berg 1915, p. 1261
- ^ Many sources state this date; Britannica 2002, p. 571 states, "born in or around 1254. (This date, like nearly all the others concerning major events in his life, is conjectural.)"
- ^ Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, a Tibetan monk and confidant of Kublai Khan, mentions in his diaries that in 1271 a foreign friend of Kublai Khan visits — quite possibly one of the elder Polos or even Marco Polo himself, although, no name was given. If this is not the case, a more likely date for their arrival is 1275 (or 1274, according to the research of Japanese scholar Matsuo Otagi).(Britannica 2002, p. 571)
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch.18 states, "Then there are sheep here as big as asses; and their tails are so large and fat, that one tail shall weigh some 30 lb. They are fine fat beasts, and afford capital mutton."
References[link]
- ^ a b c d Bergreen 2007, pp. 339–342
- ^ William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1843). Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 10. Edinburgh.
- ^ Hinds, Kathryn (2002). Venice and Its Merchant Empire. New York.
- ^ a b Landström 1967, p. 27
- ^ Bergreen 2007, p. 25
- ^ Burgan 2002, p. 7
- ^ Brook 2010, p. 24
- ^ a b c d Britannica 2002, p. 571
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Parker 2004, pp. 648–649
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch.1–9
- ^ a b Nicol 1992, p. 219
- ^ Bram 1983
- ^ John Grant, Corrupted Science, Facts, Figures & Fun, 2007, p. 21, ISBN 978-1-904332-73-2
- ^ a b Haw, Stephen G. (2006), Marco Polo's China: a Venetian in the realm of Khubilai Khan, Volume 3 of Routledge studies in the early history of Asia, Psychology Press, pp. 52–57, ISBN 0-415-34850-1, http://books.google.com/books?id=CdE6Q_2yICIC&pg=PA52
- ^ "Marco Polo was not a swindler – he really did go to China". University of Tübingen (Alpha Galileo). 16 April 2012. http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=119306&CultureCode=en.
- ^ Bergreen 2007, p. 532
- ^ Power 2007, p. 87
- ^ Britannica 2002, p. 573
- ^ Biblioteca Marciana, the institute that holds Polo's original copy of his testament. Venezia.sbn.it
- ^ Bergreen 2007, pp. 367–368
- ^ Edwards, p. 1
- ^ ^ Marco Polo, Il Milione, Adelphi 2001, ISBN 88-459-1032-6, Prefazione di Bertolucci Pizzorusso Valeria, pp. X-XXI.
- ^ ^ Larner John, Marco Polo and the discovery of the world, Yale University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-300-07971-0 pp. 68–87.
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch. 2
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch. 3
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch. 5
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch. 6
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch. 7
- ^ Yule & Cordier 1923, ch. 9
- ^ W. Marsden (2004), Thomas Wright, ed. (PDF), The Travels pf Marco Polo, The Venetian (1298), http://web.soas.ac.uk/burma/pdf/Polo.pdf, retrieved 2009-07-14
- ^ Aiyangar, Sakkottai Krishnaswami (1921). South India and her Muhammadan Invaders. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Boyle, J. A. (1971). Marco Polo and his Description of the World. History Today. Vol. 21, No. 11. Historyoftoday.com
- ^ Winchester 2008, p. 264
- ^ Bergreen 2007, p. 74
- ^ Lubbock 2008, p. 86
- ^ Brennan, D. (2009-02-01), Lost in Venice, WalesOnline, http://www.walesonline.co.uk/travel/travel-news/2009/02/01/lost-in-venice-91466-22826493/, retrieved 2009-07-15 [dead link]
- ^ Cathay Pacific Airways (2009), The Marco Polo Club, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, http://www.cathayforbusiness.com/freqfly/marcopoloclub.asp, retrieved 2009-07-13
- ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php, retrieved 2009-07-06 (Searching for "Marco Polo", and year 1982)
- ^ Civilization Revolution: Great People "CivFanatics" Retrieved on 2009-09-04
- ^ a b Falchetta 2006, p. 592
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"Marco Polo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. - McKay, John; Bennet Hill and John Buckler (2006), A History of Western Society (Eighth ed.), Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 506, ISBN 0-618-52266-2
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Further reading[link]
- Marco Polo (1918). William Marsden. ed. The Travels of Marco Polo. LONDON: J.M. Dent & Sons. p. 461. http://books.google.com/books?id=VovVAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-05-29. (Original from the University of Wisconsin – Madison)
- Daftary, Farhad (1994), The Assassin legends: myths of the Ismaʻilis (2 ed.), I.B. Tauris, p. 213, ISBN 978-1-85043-705-5
- Hart, H. Henry (1948), Marco Polo, Venetian Adventurer, Kessinger Publishing
- Otfinoski, Steven (2003), Marco Polo: to China and back, New York: Benchmark Books, ISBN 0-7614-1480-0
- The Travels of Marco Polo – Volume 1[1] and Volume 2,[2] written by Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa, were published by Project Gutenberg
- Yang, Dori Jones (2011-01-11), Daughter of Xanadu, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, ISBN 978-0-385-73923-8 (Young Adult novel)
- Dalrymple, William (1989), In Xanadu
Television[link]
- In the Footsteps of Marco Polo is a 2009 PBS documentary about two friends (Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell), who conceived of the ultimate road trip to retrace Marco Polo's journey from Venice to China via land and sea.[3]
- A 1982 miniseries featured Ken Marshall and Ruocheng Ying.[4]
- The 2007 television miniseries, Marco Polo, starring Brian Dennehy as Kublai Khan, and Ian Somerhalder as Marco, portrays Marco Polo being left alone in China while his uncle and father return to Venice, to be reunited with him many years later.[5]
- ^ "The Travels of Marco Polo – Volume 1 by Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa – Project Gutenberg". Gutenberg.org. 2004-01-01. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10636. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ "The Travels of Marco Polo – Volume 2 by Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa – Project Gutenberg". Gutenberg.org. 2004-05-01. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12410. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ WLIW.org, "In the footsteps of Marco Polo", PBS 2009
- ^ IMDb.com, Marco Polo TV Mini-series 1982
- ^ IMDb.com, Marco Polo TV Mini-series 2007
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- Marco Polo's house in Venice, near the church of San Giovanni Grisostomo
- National Geographic Marco Polo: Journey from Venice to China
- In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: A Journey through the Met to the Land of the Great Khan
- Marco Polo at the Open Directory Project
- Works by Marco Polo at Project Gutenberg
- Marco Polo at the Internet Movie Database
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Polo, Marco |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Famous explorer |
| Date of birth | 1254 |
| Place of birth | Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Date of death | January 8–9, 1324 |
| Place of death | Venice, Republic of Venice |
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