Marco Polo: The Travels Of A 13th-Century Venetian Merchant To China
A 13th-century Venetian merchant travelled to China and the court of Kublai Khan, where for around 16 years he witnessed things that Europeans had never seen before. Yet more importantly to why his name is remembered as one of the great explorers in history, writes Jonny Wilkes for BBC History Revealed, is that he wrote it all down...