The Marco Polo Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing a better understanding between the East and the West by means of International research, expeditions along the routes of Marco Polo, publication of books, production of films, video and the creation of this website.
News and Events
If you do not attend the signings and you want a signed copy of the book just send your postal address to HRutstein2@aol.com and you will receive by mail a signed bookplate to put in the front of your book.
Events Schedule:
Bellevue College
Eight weekly classes with the theme The Marco Polo Odyssey will be held at Bellevue College (Bellevue, WA) April 5th to May 24th, 2010 on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. For information and registration call 425-564-2263.
Rick Steves
This half hour radio interview on National Public Radio broadcast on stations throughout the U.S. will be announced in January 2010.
The Marco Polo Odyssey Publishing Date
September 15, 2008
Publishing date of The Marco Polo Odyssey when the book will be in book stores and delivered for orders that have been placed on-line.
Marco Polo's Birthday
September 15
Marco Polo's birthday. He was born on this date in 1254 and died in January 1324.
Silver Star Harry Rutstein By Susan Hindman
December 9, 2008
Read the article about Harry Rutstein
http://www.silverplanet.com/lifestyles/silver-stars/silver-star-harry-rutstein/5770
Gavin Menzies' Books
Gavin Menzies has written books describing how China changed the world a hundred years after Marco Polo through voyages of vast armadas of ships circumnavigating our earth in 1421 CE and 1434 CE. Visit www.gavinmenzies.net.
The Marco Polo Odyssey
The Marco Polo Odyssey tracks the fantastic journey of an intrepid adventurer who spent ten years following the 13,000 mile overland route of Marco Polo from Venice to Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and finally crossing China to Beijing. It is an account of an exhilarating voyage of discovery and the three expeditions it took author Harry Rutstein to finally fulfill his dream.
Read More About The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World
THE EXPEDITIONS is a narrated slide show of the 1975, 1981 and 1985 expeditions as presented in our book The Marco Polo Odyssey.
THE PROJECT is a video presentation offering a summary of the entire Marco Polo project including film clips from the DVD movie On the Roof of the World with Marco Polo that is enclosed with our book The Marco Polo Odyssey
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