Marco Polo's account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange sights, historical legends, and much more. From the dazzling courts of Kublai Khan to the perilous deserts of Persia, no book contains a richer magazine of marvels than the Travels.
This edition, selected and edited by the great scholar Manuel Komroff, also features the classic and stylistically brilliant Marsden translation, revised and corrected, as well as Komroff's Introduction to the 1926 edition.
By:
Marco Polo Introduction by:
Jason Goodwin Edited by:
Manuel Komroff Translated by:
William Marsden Imprint: Modern Library Inc Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 202mm,
Width: 134mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 286g ISBN:9780375758188 ISBN 10: 0375758186 Series:Modern Library Classics Pages: 352 Publication Date:15 December 2001 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Jason Goodwin’s books include A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea; On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul; and Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire.