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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
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By Matt Breen4.9
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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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