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Marco Polo: Created by John Fusco. With Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Remy Hii. In a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, "Marco Polo" is based on the famed explorer's adventures in Kublai Khan's court in 13th century Mongolia.
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Marco Polo ( 15. září 1254, ostrov Korčula nebo Benátky – 8. ledna 1324, Benátky) byl benátský kupec, cestovatel a dvořan mongolského velikého chána Kublaje. Proslavil se svými cestami po Číně, zaznamenanými v knize Milion. Byl prvním Evropanem, který podrobněji popsal východní Asii.
Set in a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, “Marco Polo” is based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court. Watch trailers & learn more.
Marco Polo (født 15. september 1254 i Venedig, død 8. januar 1324) var en italiensk handels- og opdagelsesrejsende. Han drog til Kina, som var under mongolernes herredømme. Hans berømmelse skyldes beretningen om kinarejsen, som blev kendt i Europa.
Polo, Marco. Marco Polo, title page of the first printed edition of The Travels of Marco Polo, 1477. Marco Polo, (born c. 1254, Venice [Italy]—died Jan. 8, 1324, Venice), Venetian merchant and traveler who journeyed from Europe to Asia (1271–95). Born into a Venetian merchant family, he joined his father and uncle on a journey to China ...
Jun 8, 2018 · Marco Polo. Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. Published in 1903 "I repeat that everything appertaining to this city is on so vast a scale, and the Great Kaan's yearly revenues therefrom are so immense, that it is not easy even to put it in writing, and it seems past belief to one who merely hears it told."
Marco Polo was known as a water game in America by the 1960s. Between 1965 and 1970, some respondents to a Dictionary of American Regional English survey, when asked to name a game played in the water, responded with "Marco Polo". [8] By the mid-1970s, the game had spread and become very popular in swimming pools frequented by expatriates ...
