How To Use Marco polo In A Sentence
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He said: ‘The new entrance on Queen's Circus will also improve access from the station to Battersea Park, Prince of Wales Drive, the Marco Polo building and Chelsea Bridge Wharf.’
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We shall be retracing the route taken by Marco Polo.
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Its recently retired director, Marco Polo Stufano, was an early champion of silver foliage and Victorian bedding plants, like cannas and coleus, which he used in surprising ways.
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Marco Polo regarding a large island, which he called Cipango, and which he represented as lying in the ocean off the eastern coast of
Amerigo Vespucci
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For two days we hiked along the bottoms of immense canyons, in the shadows, jumping boulders, fording side streams, imagining Marco Polo doing the same thing.
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Tamakikat ordered the Marco Polo, which is their number 1 seller.
Our Adventures in Japan
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The slate includes a mix of reality and scripted fare, from "Mob Wives" — a series set to air on VH1 about four women who grew up in the mob or married into it — to "Marco Polo," a historical series that follows Marco Polo's time as a special envoy to Kublai Khan and has drawn offers from several cable networks.
Movie Moguls Tap into Television Production
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They are named by the Chinese Ge-pen; the terminating syllable go, added by Marco Polo, is supposed to be the Chinese word kue, signifying kingdom, which is commonly annexed to the names of foreign countries.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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Columbus thought that he smelled Oriental spices, which Marco Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand.
Christopher Columbus
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When you hear the words "adventure travel", perhaps you think of Venetian merchant Marco Polo, the distinguished African explorer David Livingstone, or North Pole adventurer Robert Peary.
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Here begins what may properly be called Marco Polo's travels.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World
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This is the Cannaregio sestiere (district), haunted by former residents such as Marco Polo, Wagner, Tintoretto and Titian.
Venice Crossings: A Traghetto Tour Reveals the City's Other Side
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The medieval traveler and writer Marco Polo, one of the earliest westerners to visit China, had used the word Chin to refer to the land in his native language, Venetian.
The English Is Coming!
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The next panel was of Captain Cook at Port Jackson, about to be speared by an Australian Aborigine; the third (a more recent addition) was of Dr. Livingstone at Lake Victoria; and the fourth panel showed Marco Polo standing on the Great Wall of China.
Soul
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Europe, such as Marco Polo, give an entirely false picture: as foreigners they had a privileged position, living in the cities and seeing nothing of the situation of the general population.
A History of China
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The niece of the great Mongol leader, Kubla Khan, Princess Khutulun was described by Marco Polo as the greatest warrior in Khan's army.
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Stories of Marco Polo and lasagna made with flour ground from breadfruit have found their way into the quest for lasagna's origin.
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It is most probable that the stone described by Marco Polo was not a ruby, but an amethyst, which is found in large crystals in Ceylon, and which modern mineralogists believe to be the "hyacinth" of the ancients.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Review: Biography: Polo reminted: A study that strips away the myths to let us see the great Venetian traveller afresh delights Kevin Rushby: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen 448pp, Quercus, pounds 19.99
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu, by Laurence Bergreen
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I suggested that maybe blindly feeling your way around a pool was similar to exploring unknown places like Marco Polo did.
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Both passengers and crew are showing suspected symptoms of the vomiting bug on board the Transocean Tours operated Marco Polo, which is berthed in Invergordon, Easter Ross.
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And Calvino's charming Marco Polo and Marcovaldo and Mr. Palomar are archetypal narrative functionaries, nowise to be compared with the great characters of narrative/dramatic literature.
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Although seven hundred years have passed since Marco Polo made his illustrious twenty-five-year journey across Asia, his daring adventure continues to inspire globetrotters.
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Forests are more than trees, of course, and along with its timber Afghanistan is at risk of losing its wolves, snow leopards, bears, and foxes, as well as alpine ruminants like Marco Polo sheep and ibex.
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Marco Polo is said to have sailed on the Pacific on his way to Java in the thirteenth century.
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Marco Polo, like many Europeans after him, remarked on the curious fact that local potentates wore minimal clothing with loads of jewellery.
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the overland route used by Marco Polo
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When you hear the words, " adventure travel" , perhaps you think ofthe Venetian merchant Marco Polo, the distinguished African explorer David Livingstone, or North Pole adventurer Robert Peary.
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Columbus thought this land was a part of the east coast of Asia, and he could not understand why he did not find cities such as Marco Polo had described.
Discoverers and Explorers
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Cipango," said Philip, who had read Marco Polo's book in the Latin version published a year or two before.
The Path of the King
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And Visillios Porgaiziz shared this shot from Marco Polo beach, north of Athens, a safe distance from the flames, but close enough to see what he calls the catastrophic nature of the disaster.
CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2007
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I was so interested to learn that porcelain was discovered during the Ming Dynasty in China and that Marco Polo's team is accredited with bringing the skills of slip casting to the West.
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He is preparing for lift-off on Thursday 25 April in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on a mission codenamed Marco Polo that will replace the emergency rescue vehicle for the resident crew.
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We were served platters of Marco Polo meat and treated like visiting dignitaries, then informed we were going to prison.
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The sauce, dubbed Marco Polo, is an exotic blend of spices from the adventurer's journey: cumin, curry, ginger, chile, anise and cinnamon.
A League of Extraordinary Chefs
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The publication of Marco Polo's travels produced a profound effect upon the European imagination.
