Μάρκο Πόλο - Ο ταξιδευτής που επηρέασε την Ευρώπη του Μεσαίωνα και ενέπνευσε τον Κολόμβο.

Marco Polo was one of the most famous travelers of the Middle Ages. Setting out from Venice in the 13th century, he crossed Asia together with his father and uncle, reached the court of Kublai Khan, in present-day Beijing, and encountered a world that seemed almost mythical to most Europeans of his time. In this video, we will see where and how he traveled, what extraordinary things he witnessed in the East, and how an unfortunate circumstance for him ultimately became the reason why his journeys, instead of being lost in the darkness of History, were recorded, spread throughout Europe, and decisively influenced the imagination of later seafarers and explorers. ***Turn on subtitles