Discover the story of Marco Polo, the most famous European to travel to Asia in the 13th century.

Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Marco Polo in his explorations.

A biography of the Venetian who travelled at the age of seventeen to the court of Kublai Khan and did not return to Venice until twenty-four years later. His account of his travels afforded the European world its first knowledge of the East.

Biography of Italian explorer Marco Polo, famous for written records of his travels in Asia.

When they lose touch with his father's Gobi Desert expedition, eleven-year-old Mark accompanies his mother to Venice, Italy, and there, while waiting for news of his father, learns about the legendary Marco Polo and his adventures in the Far East.

Presents the life and adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who wrote a famous account of his travels and life at the court of Kublai Khan.

His personal journey changed the European understanding of the world forever. This is the absorbing true story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo2s arduous trek to the East, and beyond. Literally, it2s the adventure of a lifetime. Sent on a mission to accompany two priests to china with the goal of converting Kublai Khan and his court to Christianity, Marco Polo finds himself left to carry on alone when the priests turn back.