Questioning Marco Polo | Did His Legendary Voyage to China Really Happen?

[@davidponseigo8811]

Polo whether he went all the way to China himself or he obtained the information elsewhere still brought the detailed information on the culture, animals and people and we should still credit him with that.

[@alvonfinster2915]

About 50 years ago I did a directed study project on the archival accounts of the megafauna of the Tarim Basin. Polo provided information on lands & waters and management of each and of certain of the animals. He was uncannily accurate in his observations - as checked against the accounts of others who have written since. I believe he was present in the Tarim -

[@zollen123]

It could also mean he may have heard tales from someone else who actually been there.

[@leontx4211]

Tarim is still very far away from 'cultural' China, and also far from seeing the start of great walll

[@elenalatici9568]

Thank you for your belief.😊

[@peaceleader7315]

Wow.. you did research and analytical observation evaluation and assessment..? Wow.. Population of the world 🌎 never did that..hmmmm That is it...!!! I want to marry you..😊..

[@yehuo2825]

in chinese historical records... marco polo did reached the edge of china, but never set foot inside china, cause he met the mongols and became a servant of the mongol court outside china... the info he got was hearing stories about china from the mongols, chinese, and other merchants... the mongols may have ruled china during the yuan dynasty, but they usually stay close to the great wall... basically they dont really go inward... the 1st italian that lived and died in china was matteo ricci... he served in the court of the ming empire to do culture exchange between euro and china... his tomb is still in china...

[@huginnmunnin5998]

What?? Kublai’s capital city Khanbaliq is literally Beijing bro

[@FreeSpeech-z6j]

of course Marco polo made it to cina,he saw plebs mixing berries and snow and giving it to an aristocrat (when Polo told Italians about this, italians mixed milk and created the first ice cram "gelato"). Polo showed Holy Roman Monks how to get to china, the monks stole silk worms and this started the textiles trade in Europe. Polo bought Garlic back from china. After the ottomans closed the silk road, italy no longer needed china for anything

[@yehuo2825]

@@jen8063 why dont you look into chinese history... that includes the yuan dynasty... there is no record of polo ever set foot into china except the mongol recordings where they learn from the chinese that polo reached central asia... also i am not uk... i may not be a historian... but i know history inside out... when matteo ricci reached china during the ming dynasty there was alot of records about him... please go do your own research before you reply back... thanks...

[@yehuo2825]

@@FreeSpeech-z6j why dont you look into chinese history... that includes the yuan dynasty... there is no record of polo ever set foot into china except the mongol recordings where they learn from the chinese that polo reached central asia... also i am not uk... i may not be a historian... but i know history inside out... when matteo ricci reached china during the ming dynasty there was alot of records about him... please go do your own research before you reply back... thanks...

[@allangibson8494]

@@yehuo2825There is no record of any westerners in China during the Yuan Dynasty - yet we know they were there because of technology transfer (like silk worms and gunpowder). As for the “Great Wall” - it didn’t exist, hence the Mongol take over of China (it fell into ruin when the mud brick construction ceased in the 7th century and the present wall was built by the Ming Dynasty stating in the 15th Century). Mateo Ricci arrived during the MING DYNASTY. Different attitude to record keeping than the illiterate Mongol rulers.

[@timblechmann2429]

Not to mention his accounts of seeing dragons and giants ... And no words about tea ...

[@allangibson8494]

Mongols didn’t drink tea… (they preferred fermented mares milk).

[@leftsidem5030]

I wouldn't be surprised, Most Europeans are experts at cooking or inventing history and information

[@adamshinbrot]

Among the half of things he had seen that no one would believe was rice. He never mentions rice.

[@jyy9624]

Rice was all over eurasia by then thanks to silk road

[@janjordal9451]

Interesting but very overwhelming noisy and disturbing background music

[@javierderivero9299]

The music should be in the backgroung and no the other way around

[@AnnGreen-o9e]

Why is that anyone who has achieved anything extraordinary is questioned? Maybe we should all just live a life of mediocrity. 😮

[@williamharris8367]

Mediocrity has always been my goal -- what is the minimum that I need to to to get by? Remember that in most situations 50% is a passing grade.

[@janjordal9451]

The background noisy music became so disturbing that I had to switch the video off

[@Nochancet.v]

Hans ulrich looks like garff from Wayne's world Excellent!!!

[@davidponseigo8811]

Are you sure Marco Polo isn't just a game you play in the swimming pool ?

[@johnpurcell7525]

Mark OPolo along with Kevin O Bongo and Martin O Scarecrow were Irish explorers who discovered Camden Town

[@azlanameer4912]

I believe he was true and genuine traveller. ❤

[@richardv9648]

This vieo was bit bias. It ignores large part of the evidence the English lady provides. Confirmation bias of a sought. She did a great lectrure on this subject.

[@azlanameer4912]

@richardv9648 You are right Sir. What I have observed names of places have changed in centuries. Secondly ancient routs have vanished over the centuries. But one thins is sure if the Chinese historians dig deep the records of Kublai Khan era then decisive verdict can be given.

[@NoSuRReNDeR001]

Then hundreds of years later I learned about him because of a swimming pool game.

[@billcook4768]

Go to the central court in China. Yell out “Marco”. If his ghost answers “Polo”, there’s your answer.

[@AmitKumar-vx4hp]

And he never mentioned cabbage 😢

[@FredHsu]

Why hadn’t Marco Polo mentioned chopsticks in his accounts? Before you make a judgement, search for: marco polo and chopsticks.

[@allangibson8494]

Now look up Mongols and chopsticks… Like Europeans of the era, they used personal knives for everything.

[@quattordicimontenapoleone3113]

Did he? Yes probably, in so many words.

[@troygaspard6732]

Who's to blame?

[@Sucksuphere]

Marco..... Polo....... 😊

[@greenfox6917]

Cousin to Marco Tropico...

[@euanwalters8246]

I think it was Marco Polo's dad that was the great explorer. Not Marco himself

[@stevenjohnson1143]

Polo went by land not by sea the first sea route was found by Da Gama a couple of centuries later

[@Proj_Doomsday]

Marco Polo knew Kung Fu

[@telchacsusan]

Nothing mentioned about foot-binding, I believe

[@lhlim8265]

Foot blinding isn’t a culture norm for the Chinese noblewomen during Yuan dynasty. It became widespread in Ming dynasty as “helpless” is deemed as a virtue for women.

[@A.S.Mood4everLuvs]

Why they are questioning Marco polo? because he aint british 😂😂😂

[@richardv9648]

No because of the lack of evidence.

[@FreeSpeech-z6j]

its a "woke thing" where everything is discredited without proof of course Marco polo made it to cina,he saw plebs mixing berries and snow and giving it to an aristocrat (when Polo told Italians about this, italians mixed milk and created the first ice cram "gelato"). Polo showed Holy Roman Monks how to get to china, the monks stole silk worms and this started the textiles trade in Europe. Polo bought Garlic back from china. After the ottomans closed the silk road, italy no longer needed china for anything

[@roberw1912]

The show is made by Germans

[@jen8063]

​@@richardv9648idiot 🤡

[@FreeSpeech-z6j]

@@richardv9648 of course Marco polo made it to cina,he saw plebs mixing berries and snow and giving it to an aristocrat (when Polo told Italians about this, italians mixed milk and created the first ice cram "gelato"). Polo showed Holy Roman Monks how to get to china, the monks stole silk worms and this started the textiles trade in Europe. Polo bought Garlic back from china. After the ottomans closed the silk road, italy no longer needed china for anything

[@joechang8696]

of course, the church also got Galileo to recant

[@williamharris8367]

Yes, but Galileo _was_ a heretic. The very idea of a heliocentric universe; it would be funny if it were not blasphemy.

[@danielfarren6576]

Found him.

[@dalogan7290]

if you are looking for a picture of him regarding his travels ... he just forgot to buy an iphone ..... you guys are below scammers

[@abbush2921]

MARCO ! POLO !

[@MrEsMysteriesMagicks]

Paper money backed by gold? Heck, no. Backed by some huge guy with an axe on his shoulder and wearing a black hood.

[@kirstencampbell2593]

Who cares he was a great story teller is all that matters.

[@IStoreGas]

Do you remember. The 28th of September.

[@Soloohara]

milione means million

[@krasberg]

Why did he not mention gutter oil?

[@troybeals8431]

Let me guess...

[@jeromefitzroy]

He’s white so yes?

[@gyanprakashraj4062]

😂😂😂SHAKESPEARE WAS 8 IN NUMBER...

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

Didn't they recently find some place that he described that they thought he made up?

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage urgent documentary about Marco Polo traveler to China through camel 🐫 convoys and return to Europe by merchant ship Voage .thank you. (Get.factual) channel. For sharing this magnificent documentary....until nowadays European clergymen and European conservatives denials...that matter which confirm by Chinese themselves. It converted to (religious political )matter

[@get.factual]

thank yewwwww!

[@ArchangelMichaelHolySpirit]

☁️🦁☁️ HalleluYAH ABBA YaHUTaH

[@clivebaxter6354]

Ruined by music

[@ignaciohernandez177]

Excellent Marco polo!!!!

[@Och_29]

Mongolian POV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5uWpJtmbtSaidksi=wNRGIq3L_pT-F-sq

[@AhmedMushtaq-ux9wu]

Very clever fraud from listening to seafarers tales writing books, you say very clever.

[@kiwiwifi]

Fachina

[@berthelvetic1923]

Marco polo have a passion true for the tartarian empire. And he travel with the great Chinese fleet to the arabic peninsula and back. The English are only jaleous, it's not a English gentleman. The silkworm existed already for 1k years. Well traveled from business man.

[@christiandaugherty6339]

Why would British people care about someone of such little significance 😂

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

Marco polo served in the court of Kublai Khan, who was mongol princeling ruling the colonised nation of China. His writing all shows that Tibet was an distinct Independent nation. Now You know why they are trying to sow seed of doubts about Marco Polos journey to China.

[@palestinev3722]

He visited, but everything he wrote about is from the Persian caravans and merchants whom he accompanied. The Persians traded with China for centuries, and his naming of the cities he visited were Persian, just to name one example. Accounts of the second fleet and battles were anachronistic, obviously hearsay accounts from older trade missions. Also, there were Jesuits and Christian missionaries there before him

[@goonhoongtatt1883]

So what if Tibet was an independent nation during Marco Polo's time? That was in the 13th century. Heck, even the UK had yet to form, let alone the United States.

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

@@goonhoongtatt1883 Dont forget the most important point...at that time China was not independent. Ha ha ha

[@goonhoongtatt1883]

@gyurmethlodroe1774 Yeah that's true. So? And what's your point?

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

@@goonhoongtatt1883 so thats the point

[@Sebastianfnc]

I really don’t get this why would you after all this time want to spend your time on this,…… never mind its rhetorical any way it’s probably about 15 of fame anyway

[@chrismunoz7859]

What the hell are you talking about?

[@JohnChaffer-b9g]

That did with the blonde hair would make a great cross dresser

[@sveinkikals7876]

Does it matter if Marco Polo lied? If he was transcribing details from others at least they were pretty much exact.

[@allangibson8494]

Marco Polo’s stories were transcribed (and “fluffed”) by romance writer Rustichello Di Pisa.

[@azlanameer4912]

I believe he was true and genuine traveller. ❤

[@AbdulRehman-ed5lw]

Unfounded belief unfortunately!

[@azlanameer4912]

@AbdulRehman-ed5lw If so, then every belief is unfounded.

[@azlanameer4912]

I believe he was true and genuine traveller. ❤

[@azlanameer4912]

I believe he was true and genuine traveller. ❤

[@azlanameer4912]

I believe he was true and genuine traveller. ❤