Overview

A compilation of National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita's two documentaries, "When West Meets East" carries both "Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed" and "Ghost Flee: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He".
Marco Polo is the subject of his award-winning National Geographic Channel documentary, "Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed", in which Yamashita retraces the 13th-century Venetian’s epic excursion to China.
Zheng He, the legendary Ming Dynasty admiral and explorer, first appeared in the July 2005 issue of The National Geographic, and was released as a documentary feature film in 2006. The film, "Ghost Fleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He", won Best Historical Documentary at the 2006 New York International Film Festival.