Imagine this: You're 17 and have never left home. Your father and uncle, merchants who have been absent your whole life, return home before they set off again on their next trip. Only this time ...

Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the ...

The 15th-century Book of Lismore features the only surviving Irish translation of Marco Polo's travels, among other historical texts Nora McGreevy Maps attributed to the 13th-century traveler ...

Many Iowans only know the name Marco Polo from a kids’ swimming pool game, but a guest lecturer who’ll be in central Iowa ...