Marco Polo (* 1254 vermutlich in Venedig; † 8. Januar 1324 ebenda) war ein Asienreisender, der aus einer venezianischen Händlerfamilie stammte und durch die Berichte über seine Reise ins Kaiserreich China bekannt wurde. Motiviert wurde er durch die Berichte seines Vaters und seines Onkels, die bereits vor ihm China bereist hatten. Obwohl einzelne Geschichtswissenschaftler …

Marco Polo nasceu em 1254, [nota 1] [6] na República de Veneza. [7] A data e localização exatas são desconhecidas. [8] [9] Alguns historiadores mencionam que nasceu em 15 de setembro, [10] mas tal hipótese não é apoiada pela maioria dos acadêmicos.Veneza é geralmente considerada o local de nascimento de Marco Polo, [9] [11] mas outras hipóteses …

Ritratto di Marco Polo del XVI secolo. Marco Polo (Venezia, 15 settembre 1254 – Venezia, 8 gennaio 1324) è stato un viaggiatore, scrittore, ambasciatore e mercante italiano, cittadino della Repubblica di Venezia.. La relazione dei suoi viaggi in Estremo Oriente è raccolta nell'opera letteraria Il Milione, una vera e propria enciclopedia geografica che riunisce le conoscenze …

Contexto histórico. En la época de Marco Polo, el comercio en Europa seguía un sistema triangular, en el que los productos de lujo procedentes de Oriente (seda, especias) ocupaban un importante lugar.Estos, en la conocida como ruta de la seda atravesaban Asia Central y las tierras controladas por los sarracenos, después de lo cual los compraban comerciantes …

Marco Polo [n 1] (né le 15 septembre 1254, à Venise, et mort aux alentours du 9 janvier 1324, à Venise également) [1] est un marchand vénitien (actuelle Italie), célèbre pour son voyage en Chine, qu'il raconte dans un livre intitulé Devisement du monde ou Livre des merveilles ou encore Livre de Marco Polo.. À l'âge de 17 ans, Marco Polo part avec son père, Niccolò, et son oncle ...

Marco Polo (ur.15 września 1254 w Wenecji, zm. 8 stycznia 1324 tamże) – wenecki kupiec i podróżnik. Wraz z ojcem i stryjem dotarł do Chin, przemierzając jedwabny szlak.Był on jednym z pierwszych przedstawicieli Zachodu, który dotarł do Państwa Środka.Jego podróże zostały spisane w książce znanej jako Opisanie świata przez Rustichella z Pizy w czasie, gdy Marco …

MS Marco Polo was a cruise ship originally built as ocean liner Aleksandr Pushkin in 1965 by Mathias-Thesen-Werft, East Germany for the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company.After major alterations and additions, the ship sailed as Marco Polo for Orient Lines from 1993 to 2008. It last sailed for UK-based Cruise & Maritime Voyages and its German subsidiary Transocean Tours.

Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA: VCE, ICAO: LIPZ) is the international airport of Venice, Italy.It is located on the mainland near the village of Tessera, a Frazione of the comune of Venice located about 4.1 nautical miles (7.6 kilometres; 4.7 miles) east of Mestre (on the mainland) and around the same distance north of Venice proper. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure …

Name. In English, the battle is usually known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident". The Marco Polo Bridge is an eleven-arch granite bridge, an architecturally significant structure first erected under the Jin dynasty and later restored during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty in 1698. It gained its Western name from its appearance in Marco Polo's record of his …

The Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge (simplified Chinese: 卢沟桥; traditional Chinese: 盧溝橋; pinyin: Lúgōu Qiáo) is a stone bridge located 15 km southwest of Beijing's city center in the Fengtai District.It bridges the Yongding River, a major tributary of Hai River.Situated at the eastern end of the bridge is the Wanping Fortress, a historic 17th-century fortress, with the …