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Marco Polo Journey

Marco Polo Journey

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 Join host Griffin Rowe as he retraces Marco Polo's legendary 7,500-mile odyssey from Venice to Kublai Khan's court. Discover how this teenage merchant's journey across deserts and mountains changed East-West relations and ignited the Age of Exploration.

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  • Marco Polo Journey - Retrace the legendary routes with Griffin Rowe

    Marco Polo Journey - Retrace the legendary routes with Griffin Rowe
    Apr 10 2026
    Join host Griffin Rowe as he retraces Marco Polo's legendary journey from Venice to Kublai Khan's court. Discover how one Venetian merchant's memoir opened European eyes to a vast world and accidentally ignited the Age of Exploration. What happens when civilizations collide and the world suddenly becomes impossibly larger?

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    1 min
  • Marco Polo Journey - The Book That Launched a Thousand Ships: How a Prison Cell Manuscript Ignited the Age of Exploration

    Marco Polo Journey - The Book That Launched a Thousand Ships: How a Prison Cell Manuscript Ignited the Age of Exploration
    Apr 10 2026
    Griffin Rowe examines how Marco Polo's manuscript, dictated to Rustichello da Pisa in a Genoese prison around 1298, reshaped European understanding of Asia and inspired Columbus. The episode explores how this imperfect translation became the mythological engine driving the Age of Exploration.

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    31 mins
  • Marco Polo Journey - The Emperor's Eyes: How a Venetian Teenager Discovered the Future in Kublai Khan's Court

    Marco Polo Journey - The Emperor's Eyes: How a Venetian Teenager Discovered the Future in Kublai Khan's Court
    Apr 10 2026
    Griffin Rowe examines Marco Polo's encounter with Kublai Khan's China in the 1270s, exploring how a young Venetian discovered paper money, coal energy, and infrastructure exceeding medieval Europe's capabilities. Polo's account challenged Western assumptions about civilization and expanded humanity's horizons forever.

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    31 mins
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