Marco Polo (Netflix)

The famous historical traveler Marco Polo gets the period drama treatment in Netflix's new original series Marco Polo. The story follows Marco Polo (Lorenzo Richelmy) in his youth during his time living at Kublai Khan's court in China.

When his father gives him to the China's emperor, Marco must learn how to survive in the harsh and unknown political climate of the Yuan dynasty. The story is loosely based off the famous writings of Marco Polo, who was the first man in history to publish stories of East Asia in the western world.