Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian - Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East

Klappentext The Book of Ser Marco Polo describes the thirteenth-century travels of Marco Polo through Asia, Persia, China and Indonesia. Zusammenfassung The Book of Ser Marco Polo is an edition of the famous travelogue describing the travels of Marco Polo through Asia! Persia! China and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291. It was edited by the prominent nineteenth-century geographer Henry Yule and was considered an authoritative source on Polo's travels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory notices; Prologue; Book I. Account of Regions Visited or Heard of on the Journey from the Lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu; Book II; Section 1.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Polo, Polo Marco
• Assisted by: Henry Yule (Editor), Henry Yule (Translation), Henry Yule (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2010
• EAN: 9781108022064
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02206-4
• No. of pages: 612
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia; The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance