The Travels of Marco Polo

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.

He found himself traversing the most exotic lands-from the dazzling Mongol empire to Tibet and Burma.

This fascinating chronicle still serves as the most vivid depiction of the mysterious East in the Middle Ages.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Polo
• Publisher: www.bnpublishing.net
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.2012
• EAN: 9781607964711
• ISBN: 978-1-60796-471-1
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 469 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries