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The travels of Marco Polo

Polo, MarcoLatham, Ronald(Notes by)Latham, Ronald(Introduction by)Latham, Ronald(Translated by)
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Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time.

His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions.

On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book.

The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered: their religions, customs, ceremonies and way of life; on the spices and silks of the East; on precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts.

He tells the story of the holy shoemaker, the wicked caliph and the three kings, among a great many others, evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy.

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Penguin
014190657X / 9780141906577
eBook (EPUB)
915
28/11/1974
England
English
599 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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