by Marco Polo · Konemann · tapa dura · ISBN 9783895084539
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«The Travels» is Marco Polo's travel book, published by Konemann in hardback (350 pages, in English).
A classic work of travel literature in which Marco Polo recounts his journeys through Asia and his contact with the Mongol world. He describes cultures, landscapes, cities and trade routes, blending direct experience with legends and hearsay, and offers a vision of the medieval world that fascinated European readers.
Work originally known as «Il milione», composed in 1298. This edition, published in 1996, belongs to the Konemann Classics collection and is in English.
For readers interested in medieval history, travel literature and encounters between cultures; also for those seeking a classic of adventure.
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China under the Yuan dynasty, giving Europeans their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan, and other Asian societies.
