Similarly, the consul was to dispatch regional messengers ten times a year carrying mail between various Venetian merchant enclaves operating in the territories under his jurisdiction within Syria. In ...

Now, new research suggests Clavius was playing with an older tradition, picking up the use of decimals from a 15th-century Venetian merchant named Giovanni Bianchini. Related: The World's Most ...

Almost 750 years ago, a young Venetian merchant named Marco Polo wrote a remarkable book chronicling his travels in China. The Book of the Marvels of the World was full of strange foreign customs ...

When in 1266 Kublai Khan invited Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, respectively father and uncle of the legendary Venetian merchant and explorer Marco Polo, to Dadu, present-day Beijing, it was driven ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In the 13th century, the Venetian merchant Marco Polo followed the Silk Road on his extensive travels through Asia. He brought back with ...

A 14th Century Venetian parchment has been restored by a team from the University of Warwick. The document, which had been thought lost for more than 70 years, records the activities of merchants ...