Project Gutenberg on Nostr: Born into a family of merchants, in 1271 a teenage Marco Polo set out for the court ...

Born into a family of merchants, in 1271 a teenage Marco Polo set out for the court of the Mongol emperor – and he would not return to Italy for nearly a quarter of a century. This episode of You're Dead to Me traces Polo's extraordinary life and adventures.

Written by: Hannah Cusworth, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002913n

The Travels of Marco Polo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6046

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