Talk:Marco Polo

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[edit] it was a hoax.

I read in "marco polo and his book." by OOM spencer The entire thing was a hoax, it is very clear to me. This is on a technicality, of what language his book was written in, etc, etc, where is was, and how much was writen considering 20 years has passed.

its not a hoax. however some things in the book are exaggerated, or out right lies. there is definative prove that marco polo went to china in an 14 century chinese encyclopedia called Yongle Dadian that mentioned the names of the three monglian envoys who was escorting the bride of a persian king. guess what marco polo was on the ship with these three envoys when he returned to italy and the mentioned the name the three envoys and the names matched with what was stated in Yongle Didian. it was such a small mission that there is no other explaination for the match of the details of the mission between his book and Yongle Diadian, besides of he exprience it himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blahblah7949 (talk • contribs) 06:03, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

this is a usual mistake.Marco Polo was a Croatian born on island of Korcula. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.2.61.98 (talk) 15:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

How do you know the 3 envoys included Marco Polo?

The Marco Polo account was just a hoax. Since he and his family were supposed to be business people and traders, they did not seem to be doing any trading in Cathay. Given the Mongolian and Chinese languages were very different from the Polos' language, how did they communicate with the great Khan? Marco Polo did not even know old French or Latin and he was a Venetian, so how was he to understand Mongolian or Chinese? He certainly did not appear to be a very capable linguist. Marco's book did not give any significant vocabulary, words or languages of the land he was supposed to have lived and worked in for so many years. If he was really writing a book about places and events in his life to his fellow countrymen about a strange place, would he not at least tell them about the languages he learnt, one or two Chinese characters perhaps, or a phrase or two in Mongolian? Given the view of the great Gheghis Khan about the Christian God, and what he wrote to the contemporary Pope, why would his grandson ask the Pope to send priests?81.155.100.213 (talk) 02:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] what did he do to make europe rich in

i am doing a home work need to no what marco polo did to to make europe i realy have no idea please help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.225.102.200 (talk) 18:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Where did Marco Polo explore, and why did he explore it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.148.139.28 (talk) 02:41, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

POOL GAME

Marco polo is a fun pool game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.38.15 (talk) 23:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't know where Marco Polo did actually explore, but he certainly did not explore Yuan China. He made up his tale whilst he was in prison, probably from stories he heard from other travellers. The only thing in his life that was a financial success was his book.81.155.100.213 (talk) 02:34, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

++== A Few Additions to Marco Polo ==++

In the section on the cultural impact of Marco Polo, two significant glosses on his life were left out that may be of importance to readers:

Eugene O'Neill wrote a satire on Marco Polo's life, entitled "Marco Millions (Based on Lies)," originally produced on Broadway in 1928 with Alfred Lunt in the title role. Additionally, Hollywood represented Polo's life in the "Adventures of Marco Polo," (1938), a costume drama starring Gary Cooper in the title role. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgsulib (talk • contribs) 16:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] marco polo

123456789 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.65.69.56 (talk) 17:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] marco polo's childhood

Marco polo was only six when his father and uncle left to go to china and when he returned he was 15 and his mother had allready died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.7.102.113 (talk) 19:45, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

A minor edit is needed in the last section. The section ends with the quotation "it would have been a more amazing feat to amass so much accurate information about Asia without actually going there, then to have made the trip and write about it." The word "then" needs to be replaced with the word "than."

[edit] External links

The argument given by Igor de Rachewiltz in the external link given against Frances Wood appears to be full of holes. 81.155.100.213 (talk) 00:29, 21 October 2008 (UTC)