Below is a list of link to various stories, tales and articles written on or around the Marco Polo

• The myth of the Marco Polo - Author says the ship wasn't so fast, but the navigation was revolutionary.
• A Mystery to Solve Part 2 first it was a gun now we have a knife, see if you know anything about this one of a kind artifact!
• More details released about tall ship's visit to N.B. – by Mac Trueman, Telegraph-Journal
• Replica Irish famine ship to visit Saint John, St. Andrews – by Mike Mullen, Telegraph-Journal
• Entrepreneurs get ready to launch tall ship – by Marty Klinkenberg, Telegraph-Journal
• The Trials of a Gold Rush Immigration Officer – by Mr. Darren Watson of the Victorian Office of the National Archives of Australia
• Wallace Shipyard Buildings stand as testament to shipbuilding industry
• More insight on the Life of Sarah A. Wilkinson
• The mystery is Solved check out what we found out about this unique gun.
• A Mystery to Solve read on and see if you can help solve the mystery!
• Master of Marine Painting Edward John Russell is known for the acciracy of his painting of ships and his depictions of 19th-century New Brunswick life.
• The Port of St. John by H.A.Cody is a poem taken from the local newspaper, date unknown.
• A Story of the Marco Polo Here's a story of the big fish that didn't get away!
• The Great Voyage In March 1853 the clipper Marco Polo left Liverpool on what was to be a record-breaking passage to Melbourne. Edwin Bird was aboard. Here is his journal of that voyage, with its brawls, music, dogfights and deaths, all part of normal sea travel at that time.
• A Passage in Time The complete diary of Sarah A. Wilkinson, enjoy the adventures of one lady's experiences on the famous ship Marco Polo and the era in which she was "Queen of the Seas."
• James Smith descendants, where are they now?
• The Christmas of 53' – Christmas on the Marco Polo in 1853.
• "The accident that made an Industry"–by David Folster
• Marco Polo and Sam Napier–Two Legends, One Story
• The Wreck of the Marco Polo–by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Cavendish P.E.I. (her first work at age 17 just before Anne of Green Gables)
• News Article from the Illustrated London News, Feb. 19th, 1853
• "The Marco Polo Chronicles" Saturday 24th December, 1853
• "The Marco Polo Chronicles" Saturday 21th January, 1854
• Captain James Clarke a native Saint Johner who became one of the few to command The Marco Polo 1855-1858.

   Be sure to check out or archives page for past stories and articles.

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Books available on the Marco Polo:

• Marco Polo Story of the Fatest Clipper – by Martin J. Hollenberg
• The Years Before "Anne" –by Francis W.P. Bolger
• Marco Polo: "The Fastest Ship in the World" –by Ruby Cusak
• The Wheel of Things –by Mollie Gillen
• Our New Brunswick Story –by Jean, Jessie & Sweet Lawson
• This is New Brunswick –by Jean, Jessie & Sweet Lawson
• Colonial Clippers –by Lubbock
• New Brunswick: The Story of Our Province –by Dorothy, George & Chamberlain MacBeath
• Fast Clipper Ships –by David MacGregor
• The Clipper Ship –by David MacGregor
• The Salt Water Men –by Joseph Schull
• New Brunswick: Its History and Its People –by Carol L. & William A. Spray
• The Passage Makers –by Michael K. Stammers
• An Intimate History of New Brunswick –by Stuart Trueman
• In the Wake of the Wind-Ships –by Frederick William Wallace
• Wooden Ships and Iron Men –by Frederick William Wallace
• Saint John Ships and Their Builders –by Esther Clark Wright

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   Be sure to check out or archives page for past stories and articles.

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Donations for the Marco Polo Project

   We need your help! Now that the project is under way we need your support now more than ever, to keep the project moving ahead we need the funds to support the on going work. If you would like to help in the cost for this project please call Barry Ogden 506 849-4650 or Tom Creamer 506 634-8787. or if you like you can contact by email: Barry Ogden or Tom Creamer. We thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide.

BARRY OGDEN
The Marco Polo Project
P. 0. Box 6582,
Saint John, N.B.
E2L 4S5

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