The Travels By MARCO POLO

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The Travels By MARCO POLO

Introduction by Ronald Latham

Translated by Ronald Latham

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

Paperback | Published by Penguin Classics | 384 Pages

Paperback |
Published by Penguin Classics
Sep 30, 1958 | 384 Pages

The Travels By MARCO POLO

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