Marco Polo - Part 1

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In part 1 of our series, we first take a look at the journey of Marco's father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, who traveled to China and met the great Kublai Khan. We then follow the Polo family as they prepare for a return mission into the heart of the Mongol Empire. Website: https://explorerspodcast.com/marco-polo/ Map: https://explorerspodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/polo-map1a.png People and Places Marco Polo - Venetian merchant and explorer Niccolò Polo - Father of Marco Polo Maffeo Polo - Brother of Niccolò, uncle of Marco Kublai Khan - Emperor of the Mongol Empire Teobaldo Visconti - Papal Legate in Acre - later Pope Gregory X Venice - City State in Italy. Home of the Polos Constantinople - Former capital of the Byzantine Empire Acre - City on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in modern-day Israel Ayes - City on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in modern-day Turkey Khanbaliq - Capital of Mongol Empire (modern-day Beijing) Bukhara - City on Silk Road located in modern-day Uzbekistan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.2	Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast. Today I am starting a new series, this on the legendary Venetian
1:25.2	merchant and explorer Marco Polo. This one should be fun, as Polo is one of history's most
1:30.5	recognized travelers, traipsing around much of Asia in the late 1200s.
1:35.0	It's important to understand that Marco Polo wasn't the first European to go to places such as China and India,
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