| The Travels of Marco Polo Contributor(s): Polo, Marco (Author) |
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ISBN: 1607964716 ISBN-13: 9781607964711 Publisher: www.bnpublishing.com OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 322 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |