Directory of Polo, Marco Resources

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Sites and pages devoted to Marco Polo (1254–1323?). Venetian trader who claimed to have explored China as an emissary of Kublai Khan.

Resources in This Category

• F. Wood's Did Marco Polo Go To China?

  http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/41883/1/Marcopolo.html
  A critical appraisal with notes by Dr. Igor de Rachewiltz of the Australian National University.

• Marco Polo

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12217a.htm
  Biographical article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Marco Polo

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0105/feature1/
  An online summary of National Geographic's feature article tracing Polo's expedition, with images and bibliography.

• Marco Polo and His Travels

  http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
  Article by the Silkroad Foundation.

• Marco Polo's Asia

  http://www.tk421.net/essays/polo.html
  An essay on Marco Polo and his adventures in Asia.

• Marco Polo: On the Tartars

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/mpolo44-46.asp
  Some excerpts from the diary of Marco Polo and his Chinese expeditions. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

• The Glories Of Kinsay

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/polo-kinsay.asp
  An account of Polo's travels written soon after his return to his homeland. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

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