Why India so impressed Marco Polo?
Tales of spirituality, ascetics, sacred cows, religion, tradition, fishing, food & family.
Sights & sounds of Mumbai, Chennai, Kerala & Gujarat.
Marco Polo’s 24 year Silk Road odyssey.
From Italy to China & back, with 2 stops in India.
700 years after his death: How he changed the world.
Known as the greatest overland explorer, Marco Polo linked eastern and western civilizations, which helped launch the Age of Exploration and Discovery.
Welcome to our
@eastmeetswestfilm
docuseries episodes 1&4.
Join #NatGeo #photographer
@Yamashitaphoto as he follows in the footsteps of the Italian legend.
Relive Marco Polo’s 13th century odyssey along the Silk Road, from Italy through #Iraq, #Iran, and #Afghanistan, all the way to #China, and his epic voyage back across the South China Sea with stops in #Indonesia, #Sri Lanka, and #India.
On the 700th anniversary of his death, we celebrate how Marco Polo inspired a bold new age of exploration & discovery, linking Eastern & Western hemispheres through his stories of the cultures, arts, and landscapes of the people he met and the places he visited.
BUT was his story real or fake; fact or fiction?
Was Marco Polo truly the greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar?
Answers in our
@eastmeetswestfilm docuseries episodes 1&4:
Now streaming on #Amazon, #Tubi, #Youtube & more (links below):
EPISODE 1:
“Marco Polo: China Mystery Revealed”
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EPISODE 4:
“Marco Polo: Silk Road by Land & Sea”
A Photographer’s Journey
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“I have not told half of what I saw for I knew I would not be believed.” #MarcoPolo
@eastmeetswestfilm
Silk Road Journeys by land and sea.
Retracing the world’s greatest explorers.
EPISODES 1-9:
https://linktr.ee/eastmeetswestfilm88
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