Burlington Public Library

"Now in a handsome and newly revised hardcover edition: the extraordinary travelogue that has enthralled readers for more than seven centuries. Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of the splendid cities and people he encountered on his journey along the Silk Road through the Middle East, South Asia, and China opened a window for his Western readers onto the fascinations of the East and continued to grow in popularity over the succeeding centuries. To...

Presents the complete text of Polo's travelogue that introduced fourteenth-century Europe to the civilizations of Central Asia and China. Marco Polo almost single-handedly introduced fourteenth-century Europe to the civilizations of Central Asia and China. Now this stunningly illustrated volume, edited by renowned historian Morris Rossabi, offers the complete text of Polo's travelogue (in the respected Yule-Cordier translation), enhanced with more...

Discusses the journey of Marco Polo to the court of the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan, in the thirteenth century and includes his lesser-known journeys as well.

Geronimo Stilton is transported back in time to thirteenth-century China and attempts to stop the Pirate Cats from altering Marco Polo's book "The Travels of Marco Polo" and changing history.

Recounts the adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who travelled in Asia and lived at the court of Kublai Khan.

296 "eyewitness accounts from ... memoirs, letters ... travel books, as well as newspapers," by Marco Polo, Benvenuto Cellini, Charles Dickens, Queen Victoria, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and others.