![]() ![]() 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. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. The text is a complete1y modern version of the famous Marsden - Wright translation. This Signet Classic edition is the most thoroughly annotated popular edition ever published of The Travels of Marco Polo. Today we know that Marco's account is not only an amazing narrative of strange experiences, but the richest and most reliable picture of the Near East, India, and the Orient of the Middle Ages. ![]() ![]() When he returned twenty - five years later he told such a tale - of the vast empire and dazzling court of Kublai Khan, of terrible deserts and great mountain ranges, of yogis and pearl divers and cannibals, of men who offered their wives to visitors, of the Old Man of the Mountain with his hashish - drugged 'Assassins,' of stones that burned and streams of jade. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Perhaps the longest and most remarkable journey ever undertaken was that of young Marco Polo, who set out from Venice in 1271 and wandered into the unknown East as far as Cathay. A Modern Version Of The Famous Marsden-Wright Translation From The Italian.Edited & With An Introduction By Milton Rugoff. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |