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starring: History's Mysteries See Larger Image List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $22.49 You Save: $2.46 (10%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $6.20 Third Party New Price: $6.57 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767082693 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0767082699 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 26, 2005 Running Time: 50 minutes Sales Rank: 42205 Studio: A&E Home Video Related Items: Biography - Genghis Khan (A&E DVD Archives) Marco Polo Biography - Confucius: Words of Wisdom Biography - Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor Biography - Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World (A&E DVD Archives) see more Editorial Review: Description: Initially circulated in the 14th century, 'The Travels of Marco Polo' gave Europeans a glimpse into Far Eastern mysteries. But if Polo was an emissary to Kublai Khan, why isn't he mentioned, as are other foreigners, in the Khan's meticulous records? We'll delve into the ongoing dispute over the Venetian's veracity and very existence. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Could Marco Polo Have Been Vacationing in Honolulu? The History Channel is at it again--attempting to rewrite history by having so-called historians who want to sell books title them "Did He Go To China At All?" or Did He Actually Exist?". Whenever a question is in the title...beware--it can be a ploy to circumvent conventional historical accounts in order to sell books. Any culinary book reader knows Polo didn't bring pasta to Italy from China. Accounts show that pasta was part of Florentine doweries 200+ years before Polo's voyage. ... Read More Rating: - Title may be misleading yet another fascinating History Channel documentary! This documentary is not so much about what Marco Polo claims to have lived, but rather it questions whether his account is a first-hand experience or whether it is a mere compilation of travelers' and merchants' accounts of what went on in "the east". The documentary starts by examining what life was like in Venice, what sort of people Marco Polo and his family may have been, and what may have caused them to travel east. It illustrates what kind of trip Marco Polo and his relatives may have ... Read More Rating: - Polo: Fact or Fiction? I only had vague knowledge of Marco Polo, so I thank this documentary for filling in many gaps. I never know there is doubt to his actual existence. This documentary had only 3 interviewees, whereas many History Channel-ish works have much more. However, since Polo lived in the 13th Century, if he lived at all, there would be few that could speak on him and his times. This documentary is filled with cheesy reenactments. They also include paintings and drawings from the era and could have just ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Documentary - Genres - DVD - Video - General Television - Genres - DVD - Video - General A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - All A&E Titles A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - A&E DVD Archives Titles - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - ( H )