Travels

Marco Polo

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.

• ISBN-13: 9780140440577
• Autor: Marco Polo
• Wydawca: Penguin Books
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Rok wydania: 1974
• Liczba stron: 384
• Wymiary: 128×198×17 mm
• Waga: 249 g