The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China. | dG1fQjJiR2NOcGo0ZGc
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00:00One, a letter to Kublai Khan, the mightiest emperor on earth.
00:04That is where your journey ends, in his incomparable city of Pekin.
00:09The other is more valuable.
00:12Once I went away, my father gave this to me.
00:16He said, and I say to you, fill it with what you see on your way.
00:21But that will hold nothing but the smallest things.
00:25Marco is my son. He understands.
00:28Here is your route.
00:30You sail first to the port of Acre.
00:54Acre
01:24Acre
01:54Acre
02:02Look!
02:04Acre
02:22Get your horse down and flatten out!
02:34Acre