Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The Adventures of Marco Polo




Marco Polo presents a controversy for historians. While he has been held up for years as an example of a medieval European traveler who made his way to Yuan China, many believe that his stories were exaggerated, or in some cases, completely made up! You can investigate that on your own time.
 
Nevertheless, Marco Polo caused many people in Europe to become curious about East Asia. National Geographic has created a gallery of sights that Marco Polo may have seen, if his journeys were real. You can view the gallery here.