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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... Read Full Overview

His journey through the East began in 1271--when, still a teenager, he set out of Venice and found himself traversing the most exotic countries. His acceptance into the court of the great emperor Kublai Khan, and his service to the vast and dazzling Mongol empire, led him to... Read Full Overview

A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written, in a collectible clothbound edition

2022 Reprint of the 1926 Edition. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Revised from Marsden's translation and edited with introduction by Manuel Komroff. The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue compiled by... Read Full Overview

El Mill n, conocido en castellano como Los viajes de Marco Polo o Libro de las Maravillas, fue escrito en prisi n, dictado por su autor Marco Polo a un compa ero de c rcel. Despu s de muchos a os viviendo en Asia, Marco hab a regresado a Venecia ya con 41 a os de edad, y comandaba... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview