The Travels of Marco Polo (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
(Paperback, Customer-Specific)
Publishing Details
The Travels of Marco Polo (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
By (Author) Marco Polo
Introduction by Paul Smethurst
Union Square & Co.
Barnes & Noble Inc
16th July 2005
Customer-Specific
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
720
Width 140mm, Height 210mm
Description
"The Travels of Marco Polo" is unquestionably one of the world's greatest travel books and the memoir of the West's most famous traveler. Composed in 1298, the book describes Marco Polo's travels across the entire continent of Asia and provides the only comprehensive travelogue of a European traveler in the East in the Middle Ages. In a magisterial geographical sweep, "The Travels of Marco Polo" traces Polo's epic journey to the farthest reaches of Asia. Polo guides his readers through a realm of pygmies, exotic plants and beasts, fine silks, spices, legends, ornate palaces and cannibalism. His exuberant and sometimes hyperbolic style had untold impact on the European imagination.
Reviews
"A timeless addition to any travel collection."
