The Travels

Marco Polo, Ronald Latham, Ronald Latham , Ronald Latham

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Italian

Penguin Classics
26 January 2000

Biography: general; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; General & world history; Geographical discovery & exploration; Travel writing; Classic travel writing; Penguin Black Classics; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

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.

By: Marco Polo
Introduction by: Ronald Latham
Translated by: Ronald Latham, Ronald Latham
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 283g
ISBN: 9780140440577
ISBN 10: 0140440577
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 26 January 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marco Polo was born in 1254, joining his father on a journey to China in 1271. He spent the next twenty years travelling in the service of Kubilai Khan. There is evidence that Marco travelled extensively in the Mongol Empire and it is fairly certain he visted India. He wrote the travels whilst a prisoner in Genoa. Ronald Latham has published widely on Medieval studies. He died in 1992.

Reviews for The Travels

Arguably history's most prodigious traveller, the Venetian Marco Polo became a functionary in the court of the great Khan on whose behalf he visited the outlying ports that stretched from modern China to Afghanistan. This account of these experiences is riveting. (Kirkus UK)