Marco Polo Parts I - III

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A camel and merchant are immortalized on the facade of a palace in Cannaregio.
The map of the world drawn by Fra Mauro was based on the information provided in The Travels of Marco Polo.
A deserted St. Marks Square: as rare today as it was in Marco Polo's lifetime.
A wedding in Jundian: flakes of shaving foam rain down on the newly weds.
The Marsh Arabs, who once occupied the marshlands of the Tigris and Euphrates river basins, built houses out of woven reeds. ...
Trying on a new garment in the Al Saati market in Baghdad, Iraq. The abah must fall perfectly.
Rich with copper, the sulfurous water in Cheshme Genu is effective against skin diseases.
One of Kerman's oldest hammams, (Turkish baths) still in use today.
Marco Polo wrote about the “black-skinned people” of the western coastal region of Iran along the Persian Gulf. Because the r...
The vast mountains at Debkri Pass, Iran.
Bam's walls enclose the world's largest citadel.
At dawn the fishing boats are dragged into the water.
Horses graze freely in the meadows of the foothills.
Massoud, theLion of Panjshir, leads his officers in evening prayer.
Opium smokers in Qualeh Panjah, Afghanistan.
Flash of green signals an oasis of cropland in arid highlands near Taloqan, Afghanistan. A mud-walled village clings to the h...
camel caravan crossing desert
Tajik school girls wait for their lessons to start. In this corner of the world, males wear blue, while females wear red.
Jiayuguan fort stands at the western end of the Great Wall.
A snow storm near Kashgar, the biggest city between the Pamirs and Takilmakan.
The skimming light floods the valley of Bagan with gold, Myanmar.
Foreigners mourning Buddha's Death.Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, China
Hands-on wrangling speeds a round up on the plains of Inner Mongolia. The high place of horses in Mongol life reached to the ...
Incense and ritual 'lucky charm' banknotes are burned in the Taoist temple.
Even the Boiling of the cocoons is carried out using a long-established method.
The Great Wall in Gansu.
Foot binding in Yunnan, China. Abolished for decades, the feet of elderly women are sometimes still marked by binding.
Hundreds of boats create an immense traffic jam on the Grand Canal in Yangzhou.
One of Hangzhou's "12,000 bridges." This one spanning West Lake was noted by Marco Polo in his desription of the city.
While the sun dissolves the mist, fisherman of Kovalom pull their nets into the shallow waters. Kerala, India.
Sadhu holy man in Jujarat, India
The diary of Christopher Columbus.
A commercial fishing boat burns from the base while ashore.
Mountains throw off blankets of clouds at dawn in a view from Adam's Peak.
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Coconuts are split open to dry and be preserved due to their status of being a delicacy.
In Tanjore, India, a priest sprinkles the statue of the sacred bull Nandi with milk mixed with curry.
A young girl has help picking up minnows that have landed on the beach in India.
A method for drying out cotton is practiced by people in India.
Cardamom is still graded by hand.
A dead holy man is carried to his funeral pyre in Junagadh.
The 'naked sadhu' in Mumbai has not worn clothes for fifty years.
A reflection in a muddle only magnifies the beauty of the Italian cityscape.
An aerial view of the city of Venice.
The Grand Princess appears in the setting of Saint Mark's Square.
A Palace in Cannaregio is reflected in the Lagoon, Venice
A silk cloth showing the Polo family crest.
Berthed at a quay, boats are harbored after a hectic day.
The Polo's house probably faced onto the thirteen century Corte del Milione.
During the Regatta, the canals are crowded with traditional gondolas.