Possible Starting Places
Antonio Ratti, "The
Travels Of Marco Polo: There And Back Again,"
National Geographic History Magazine (September/October 2019): 60-75.
Crisstina Burack, "Marco
Polo: The Travel Writer Who Shocked Medieval Europe,"
DW, March 18, 2024.
Anna Bressanin, "The
Travels Of Marco Polo: The True Story Of A 14th-Century Bestseller,"
BBC Travel, January 8, 2024.
"How
Marco Polo Impacted East-West Relations,"
DW History And Culture, December 1, 2024. (26 mins)
"In
The Footsteps Of Marco Polo,"
PBS (86 mins): Two film-makers follow Marco Polo from Venice to China.
"Another
World," Episode 1,
Marco Polo: A Very Modern Journey, Al Jazeera, September 1, 2014. (47
mins)
"Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, And Zheng He -- Early Connectors," PBS Learning Media.
Marco Polo In The News
Angela Giuffrida, "Marco
Polo Had Previously Unknown Daughter Before Marriage, Will Suggests,"
Guardian, February 7, 2022.
Angela Giuffrida, "Marco
Polo Sheds Light On Last Year Of His Life In Venice,"
Guardian, November 20, 2019.
Kenan Christiansen, "Reconstructing
Marco Polo's Journey East,"
New York Times, March 11, 2015.
Emily St. James, "We
Watched All Of Netflix's Marco Polo; You . . . Don't Have To,"
Vox, December 15, 2014.
"Marco
Polo Brings Mongol Empire To Netflix,"
BBC News, December 12, 2014.
George Lane, "Netflix
'Chinese Game Of Thrones' Charts The Life Of Marco Polo -- So Who Was He?,"
The Conversation, December 12, 2014.
Ariel Saber, "Did
Marco Polo 'Discover America?,'"
Smithsonian, October 2014.
"In
Pictures: In The Footsteps Of Marco Polo,"
Al Jazeera News, September 27, 2014.
Daniel Hahan, "Xanadu:
Marco Polo And Europe's Discovery Of The East By John Man,"
Guardian, October 31, 2009.
Kevin Rushby, "Polo Reminted," Guardian, January 26, 2008.
Bruce Barcott, "Once Upon A Time In China," New York Times, December 2, 2007.
Jonathan Spence, "Go East, Young Man," New York Times, December 12, 1999.
Doreen Carvajal, "Marco Polo: Is A Rivalry Just Fiction?," New York Times, December 9, 1997.
Jonathan Spence, "Leaky Boat To China," New York Times, October 19, 1997.
Video Sources
"Another
World," Episode 1,
Marco Polo: A Very Modern Journey, Al Jazeera, September 1, 2014. (47
mins)
"Lost
World," Episode 2,
Marco Polo: A Very Modern Journey, Al Jazeera, September 5, 2014.
"The
New World," Episode
3, Marco Polo: A Very Modern Journey, Al Jazeera, September 12, 2014.
"Marco
Polo: Journey To The East":
"Marco
Polo Reloaded: Retracing The Incredible Journey Of Marco Polo,"
Tracks, April 2024:
Episode 1 (53 mins)
Episode 2 (53 mins)
"Marco
Polo Explained: World History Review,"
Hip Hughes, January 20, 2016. (5 mins)
"History Makers: Marco Polo," Overly Sarcastic Productions, July 19, 2019. (10 mins)
Audio Sources
"Marco Polo: History's Most Famous Travel Writer?," You're Dead To Me, BBC Radio 4, March 15, 2025. (50 mins)
"Marco Polo And Spaghetti: Part One," Great Moments In Science, ABC Radio National, July 8, 2019. (5 mins)
"Making Marco Polo," Ideas, CBC, May 30, 2016.
"Marco
Polo," In Our Time,
BBC Radio 4, May 24, 2012.
"Interviews:
Saving The Marco Polo Sheep,"
Day To Day, NPR, March 27, 2006. (7 mins)
Web-Sites
Marco Polo
-- Wikipedia:
An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Marco Polo: Italian Trader At The Court Of Kublai Khan, Khan Academy.
Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324), Historic Figures:
A very brief overview from BBC History.
Marco Polo And His Travels: A short biography from the Silk Road Foundation.
Articles
Guillermo Sancho, "Marco
Polo: Renowned Merchant, Explorer And Travel Writer,"
The Collector, February 17, 2023.
Chester Ollivier, "5
Things Marco Polo Discovered On His Travels,"
The Collector, October 21, 2022.
David Jacoby, "Marco Polo, His Close Relatives And His Travel Account: Some New Insights," Mediterranean Historical Review, 21 (December 2006): 193-218.
Mike Edwards, "The Adventures Of Marco Polo," National Geographic, 199 (May 2001).
Mike Edwards, "Marco Polo In China, Part II," National Geographic, 199 (June 2001).
Mike Edwards, "Marco Polo, Part III, Journey Home," National Geographic, 200 (July 2001).
Marco Polo's Asia: An essay written by Macalester College undergraduate John Hubbard for a 1994 course on Chinese History.
Primary Sources
"The Travels Of Marco Polo," Voices Of The Past, 2018:
Part 1;
Part 2;
Part 3;
Part 4.
Travels Of Marco Polo, Volume I -- Project Gutenberg:
Travels Of Marco Polo, Volume II -- Project Gutenberg:
"Marco
Polo Describes The Mongols: 13th Century Primary Source,"
Voices Of The Past, July 25, 2020. (13 mins)
"Earliest
European Mention Of Japan: Marco Polo Describes Mongol Invasion Of 'Chipangu,'"
Voices Of The Past, July 29, 2020. (10 mins)