The Travels
Marco Polo, RONALD LATHAM
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.
سب زمرہ:
سال:
1974
ناشر کتب:
Penguin UK
زبان:
english
صفحات:
384
ISBN 10:
1101488255
ISBN 13:
9781101488256
سیریز:
Penguin classics
فائل:
AZW3 , 1.62 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1974