The Travels EPUB
by Marco Polo
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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 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.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:28/11/1974
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- ISBN:9780141906577
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:28/11/1974
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141906577