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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Travels of Marco Polo

History

MARCO, POLO

Europe

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Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian: The Translation of Marsden Revised, with a Selection of His Notes

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There can be few stories in the history of the world to equal the adventures of Marco Polo. He was one of the richest men of Venice and a great merchant traveller. As a young man he set out from Venice to Jerusalem, Armenia, and Baghdad, following the ancient trade route to Asia. He climbed the rugged mountains of Korassan and braved the terrors of the Gobi Desert. He was the first European to visit the court of Kublai Khan, the great Moghul Emperor of China, who made Marco Polo one of this provincial governors. After many years Marco polo returned to Venice, where his story was told. This brightly-colored hard-bound comic book brings the story alive.

Classic Comics: Journey of Marco Polo

Smithmark Publishers

The Travels of Marco Polo (English and Romance Edition)

Abaris Books

This China CD contains 67 classic works of fiction, history, and religion, plus the China Country Study. Intended for use with Windows PCs and recent Macs (OS X), these books are in plain-text format, organized for easy access. Some sample book titles: Across China on Foot by Edwin Dingle, 1911  Among the Tibetans by Isabella Bird  Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker  An Australian in China: Being the Narrataive of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison, 1902  The Awakening of China by W.A.P. Martin  A Bit of Old China by Charles Warren Stoddard (short)  The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura  Camps and Trails in China by Roy Andrews, 1918  China by Demetrius Boulger  China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles  China and the Manchus by Herbert Allen Giles  The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland  Chinese Sketches by Herbert Giles  The Civilization of China by Herbert Giles  The Communist Threat int he Taiwan ARea by John Foster Dulles, 1958  Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland  Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Tibet by Captain Knight  En Chine, (in French) by Judith Gauthier, 1911  Everlasting Pearl, One of Chinna's Women by Anna Magdalena Johannsen, 1913  Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan  by F.H. King  The Fight for the Republic in China by L. Putnam Weale  Forty Years in South China by John Talmage, 1894  A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard  History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China by Rev. J.V.N. Talmage, 1863  In Macao by Charles Gunnison  Indiscreet Letters from Peking [eye-witness account of Boxer Rebellion in 1900], by B.L. Putnam Weale, 1922  New Forces in Old China by Arthur Judson Brown  Notable Women of Modern China by Margaret E. Burton  Profiles from China by Eunice Tietjens, 1917  Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Major-General Sir W.H. Sleeman, 1915  A Record of Buddhistic Ki

China on CD

Chuang, Tzu

SUN, TZU

Isabella Bird

Lao, Tzu

James, Legge

CONFUCIUS

Arthur, Waley

Epiphanius, Wilson

Herbert Allen Giles

Politics & Social Sciences

B & R Samizdat Express

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