he ran into a war zone and many other things
yes marco polo did have some failures in his adventure and he went to jail.
The routes taken by Marco, his father, and uncle were overland. It took them 4 years to reach China. It can be imagined in the 4 years that they were treated well in some cases, but may have had problems in others.
Umm, sorry to tell you Marco Polo died some 550 years before the telephone was invented.
when Marco got sent to jail he met some one there who wrote all the stories that Marco had told him but no one really knows if the person who wrote the book really believed him or not
One of the challenges was that his parents died...
Ship , horseback , camelback and of course foot - and perhaps some sort of cart ! To find out more about Marco Polo's Journey on the Silkroad , read " In the footsteps of Marco Polo " written by Francis O'Donnell & Denis Beliveu and watch the pbs film of the same name wliw.org/marcopolo
yes marco polo did have some failures in his adventure and he went to jail.
The routes taken by Marco, his father, and uncle were overland. It took them 4 years to reach China. It can be imagined in the 4 years that they were treated well in some cases, but may have had problems in others.
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cheese
he discovered china
Umm, sorry to tell you Marco Polo died some 550 years before the telephone was invented.
Spices and perfumes were some of the things that Marco Polo set out to find in Asia during his exploration.
Marco Polo was not really so much famous for his journey on the silk road to mongol-controlled china and met Kublai Khan (Which some scholars say didn't happen!), but for writing a book about his journeys. The Travels of Marco Polo is in many ways a fantasy. Polo describes seeing many unreal beasts, such as Unicorns and Oran-Pendek (A Asian Ape - man), although his unicorns are probably based on Rhinos
Marco Polo's travels may have had some influence on the development of European cartography ... leading to the European voyages of exploration a century later. ... Marco Polo and his Description of the World. History Today. Vol. 21, No. ...
when Marco got sent to jail he met some one there who wrote all the stories that Marco had told him but no one really knows if the person who wrote the book really believed him or not