Customer Review: "Few texts have aroused more controversy than the book of Marco Polo," notes the editor with good reason: the Asian tales that Marco Polo brought back to Renaissance Europe were absolutely unbelievable...except for the fact that most of them turn out to be provably true, especially in the context of... more info
Customer Review: This is a fabulous edition of a well-loved book, especially for the scholar or Asian history enthusiast. The translation is taken from several of the earliest manuscripts, including important variations from each. However, the strength of the book is the extremely extensive annotation by Henry Yule,... more info
Customer Review: This short book contains a translation of text attributed to Marco Polo. (Polo shared his story with his cellmate while a prisoner of war and it was actually his cellmate who transcribed the story.) Polo was a merchant and he traveled to the Middle East, India, and the eastern coast of Africa. His... more info
Related
Sections
