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Marco Polo
Polo, Marco
Polo, Marco (
c.1254–1324) Venetian traveller. In 1271, he accompanied his father and uncle on a trading mission along the
Silk Road, arrving at the court of
Kublai Khan, the
Mongol Emperor of China, in
c.1275. According to his account, Marco became the confidant of the Emperor, travelling around
s China and perhaps even visiting Burma. Captured by the Genoese navy in 1298, Marco recounted his tales to a fellow prisoner, a writer of romances named Rustichello. It was first published in English as
The Description of the World. Although highly embellished, many of his descriptions and directions furnished European explorers with vital information.
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Innovative Marco Polo platform on track for March 2004 start.
Magazine article from: Natural Gas Week; 10/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...those 39 deepwater facilities, the Marco Polo platform is just one of two platforms...third parties. When working on Marco Polos design, Anadarko and the project...to overbuild the facility. The Marco Polo field itself is expected to produce...
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Dormant Marco Polo 2 DBS satellite sold to Norwegian PTT. (direct broadcast satellite, Norwegian Telecom)
Newspaper article from: Satellite News; 7/13/1992; 700+ words
; ...deg)*W) to Marco Polo 2. What is unknown...The Ill-fated Marco Polos A commercial McDonnell...successfully the $100 million Marco Polo 2 for British Satellite...1990, pp. 1-4). Marco Polo 2 joined its sister...
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Can 'Marco Polo' find patience in the Far East? (deregulation and modernization of worldwide insurance markets)(Column)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 5/27/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...possible opportunities to insurance Marco Polos. Many Latin American countries...European Union, where many insurance Marco Polos were packing their collective corporate...interesting to see how much patience Marco Polo can learn...or can abide.
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Marco Polo Hotel: A leading hotel brand in Asia Pacific.(Tourism)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 5/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...Byline: ARLENE DABU FOZ The Marco Polo Group, a dominant hotel...video presentation on Marco Polo Hotel Groups assets in various...Hong Kong and Vietnam. Marco Polo is a topnotch hospitality...the guests experience the Marco Polo brand of hospitality and...
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Marco Polo Hotels Discovers Worldwide Representation with Pegasus Solutions' Utell.
Business Wire; 11/15/2000; 700+ words
; ...agreement with Asian Hotel Operator Marco Polo Hotel Group to provide Private Label...relationship with the Hong-Kong-based Marco Polo Hotel Group. Utell has signed...isize.com). Company Information Marco Polo Hotels is poised to be a leading...
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Marco Polo Maps Route to Emerging Market Trading.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Securities Industry News; 1/28/2002; 700+ words
; ...providers, New York City-based Marco Polo Network next month will go live with...first things that come to mind-Marco Polo officials say there is enough interest...companies listed in some of the markets Marco Polo is targeting. "There is no easy...
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Marco Polo Platform on Track for Debut.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 10/27/2003; 700+ words
; ...ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Marco Polo platform, a deepwater tension leg...production business, Heijermans noted. Marco Polo's price tag is nearly $230 million...those 39 deepwater facilities, the Marco Polo platform is just one of two...
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Agoda and Marco Polo Hotels Sign Distribution Agreement.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...today announced a consolidated partnership with Marco Polo Hotels, one of the leading hotel brands in Asia...affordable and more accessible to more people. About Marco Polo Group: Every hotel of the Marco Polo group is an embodiment of Asian warmth and...
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Strange journeys; Museum exhibits feature odd plant life and a surreal take on Marco Polo
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 3/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...paintings depict the explorer Marco Polo as a modern-day, T...to complete each work. In "Marco Polo Forced to Eat Moths" the...painting. In another painting, Polo spies on people with blue skin...had trouble drawing them. The Marco Polos in the paintings are based on...
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Marco Polo--transport.
Magazine article from: EFTA Bulletin (Switzerland); 11/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...funding for 167 projects. The Marco Polo programme was proposed following...novel feature of the Marco Polo II programme is the extension...enhance intermodal transport. Marco Polo II contains two new...XML, funded through the Marco Polo programme 2005 selection...
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Polo, Marco
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...his uncle, Maffeo Polo, partners in a...foreign commerce. The Polos had left Venice...and back when Marco was only six years...Khan welcomed the Polos back and again took...increasingly impressed with Marco Polo, who, like his...Kublai Khan, the Polos began widespread...around ...
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Marco Polo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...knowledge with him. The Polos' mission received little...Rome, but in 1271 the Polo brothers, in search...for the 17-year-old Marco Polo to make his debut...impressed with the youngest Polo, who, like his father...of Kublai Khan, the Polos initiated widespread...trips around the ...
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (7 July 1937) When Japanese troops held manoeuvres on the outskirts of Beijing, they requested from the local...
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Polo
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Po·lo , Marco, see Marco Polo .
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Marco Millions
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Marco Millions (1928), a play by Eugene O...Guild Theatre, 92 perf.] As a young man, Marco Polo ( Alfred Lunt ) is sent to China on business...pined for his love and died for lack of it. Marco, after all, is the eternal merchant...
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