The Travels - Softcover

Polo, Marco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451517172 ISBN 13: 9780451517173

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1961

Synopsis

His pilgrimage through the East began in 1271 when, still a teenager, he found himself traversing the most exotic lands-from the dazzling Mongol empire to Tibet and Burma. This fascinating chronicle still serves as the most vivid depiction of the mysterious East in the Middle Ages.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

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.

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1961
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451517172
• ISBN 13: 9780451517173
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302
• Editor: Rugoff Milton