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The Travels

Marco Polo

The Travels
The Travels

The Travels

Marco Polo

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Description

Marco Polo voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. This translation gives an account of his travels and offers a glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; and wild beasts of faraway.

Few books can truly be said to have changed the world; for all its naysayers, Marco Polo's Travels is one of them

Marco Polo (Author)
Marco Polo travelled to China in 1271 and spent the next twenty years in the service of Kublai Khan. He wrote his famous Travels after returning home, whilst a prisoner in Genoa.

Nigel Cliff (Translator)
Nigel Cliff's first book, The Shakespeare Riots (2007), was shortlisted for the Washington-based National Award for Arts Writing. His second book, The Last Crusade: Vasco da Gama and the Birth of the Modern World appeared in 2011.

Specifications

  • Publisher
    Penguin Classics
  • Translator
    Nigel Cliff
  • Pub date
    Feb 2015
  • Pages
    480
  • Theme
    Classic travel writing
  • Dimensions
    204 x 138 x 33 mm
  • Weight
    599 gram
  • EAN
    9780141198774
  • Hardback / bound
    Hardback / bound
  • Language
    English

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