East Meets West (episode1) Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
Documentary series: East Meets West
(Episode 1) Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
with National Geographic legend, Michael Yamashita.
A Farland Chang docuseries
EPISODE1: MARCO POLO - THE CHINA MYSTERY REVEALED
For the National Geographic Channel, this groundbreaking film is one of the most popular programs ever broadcast. For legendary Nat Geo photographer, Michael Yamashita, this is the first of his two globally acclaimed documentaries. And through these films, like never before, viewers can travel back centuries in time, as Nat Geos own intrepid explorer retraces the epic journeys of two of the worlds greatest explorers: Marco Polo from the west and Zheng He from the east.
These award-winning programs are the inspiration for the new docuseries, East Meets West, based on the lifetime of work by Michael Yamashita.
EPISODE1: "MARCO POLO - THE CHINA MYSTERY REVEALED
700 years ago a young Venetian set out on what was to become one of the most influential journeys ever made. His adventures took him well beyond the boundaries of the known world of Persia to a land that was almost completely unexplored - the mysterious Middle Kingdom.
But ever since he returned there were those who doubted Marco Polo. Did he really see what he described in his legendary book, Description of the World or did he merely describe what others told him.
Join Michael Yamashita as he follows Marco's book from the lofty heights of the Pamir Mountains to the fabled city of Xanadu in Mongolia. In so doing he attempts to unravel some of the age old mystery: Did Marco Polo really go to China?