The description of the world
by Marco Polo
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Join the 13th century merchants Marco, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo as they journey from their native city of Venice to the faraway land of Cathay, or China. There, young Marco will meet Kublai Khan, the ruler of the vast Mongolian empire. Read about his many adventures serving the Khan in the lands East of Europe, and his adventures coming back home to Venice. This medieval book, dictated by Marco while imprisoned in Genoa, was one of the inspirations of the Age of Exploration during the Renaissance, and it still intrigues readers today to learn of the Polo's adventures in the far East.
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Description and travel, Voyages and travels, History, Mongols, Early works to 1800, Chinese Inscriptions, Travel, Early maps, Travelers, Biography, Bibliography, Biblioteca civica (Padua, Italy), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mongals, Pre-Linnean works, Descriptions et voyages, Natural history, Specimens, Voyages, Journeys, Italians, Asie, Medieval Travel, Miniature books, Fairy tales, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Polo, marco, 1254-1323?, Mongols, history, Asia, description and travel, Histoire, French literature, Translations into English, Asien, Reseskildringar, Medieval Civilization, Mongols--history, G370 .p72 1958, 915, Mongoles, Historia, Descripción y viajesPeople
Marco Polo (1254-1323?), Polo family, Genghis Khan (1162-1227), Henry Yule Sir (1820-1889), Pliny the Elder, Marco PoloTimes
Early works to 1800, To 1500, To 1900, Before 1450, Before 1500Showing 11 featured editions. View all 114 editions?
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"A list of the manuscripts and early printed editions of Marco Polo": v. 1, p. 509-516.
Vol. 1 is chiefly a composite English translation of the extant texts of Polo's Travels, known as Il milione; v. 2, a transcription of Z, the Latin codex in the Cathedral Library at Toledo, by A.C. Moule.
Reprint of the 1938 ed. published by G. Routledge, London.
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