STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The CMA CGM Marco Polo container ship passed under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on Thursday on its way to a photo-op at the Statue of Liberty before continuing under the ...

MARCO POLO NEVER NEEDED TO FORGE A VISA ... THEIR NEXT DESTINATION -- THE ISLAND OF SUMATRA. POLO AND COMPANY WERE GIVEN ROYAL PASSAGE BY KUBLAI KHAN IN THE LARGEST AND MOST SEAWORTHY CARGO ...

Marco Polo set out from Venice with his father and uncle for court of Kublai Khan (Credit: UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images) Filled with wonders, Marco Polo's tales are the first European account ...

Marco Polo is now receiving deeper respect then ever ... Additional discoveries made by Columbus after four voyages in 11 years included the island of Cuba, the islands of the Dominican Republic ...

Born in the Republic of Venice in 1254, Marco Polo was a trader, traveler, and adventurer who (probably) journeyed to Central Asia and China in an era when vast swaths of the world were unknown to ...

The world of Marco Polo, as revealed in a new book by Sharon Kinoshita, presents a Eurasia and Africa in which peoples, things, and ideas flowed on land and sea, for trade and as plunder ...