THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO [THE VENETIAN].
by KOMROFF, Manuel
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New York [1930], Liveright. Black cloth, very good, 370p., end paper map, index, illustrations by W. Gordon.S C A R C E An excellent source, covering the account of regions visited or heard of on the journey from the lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Khan at Shangtu. An account of the Great Kublai Khan, his capital, court & government. Also of cities and provinces visited on journeys westward & southward. Jap- an & archipelago, southern India, and the coasts and islands of the Indian Sea. The wars among the Tartar princes & some account of the northern counteries. Fascinating primary rea- dings from the 16th century. .
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Books of the Marvels of the World or Description of the World (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed Il Milione ("The Million") or Oriente Poliano and commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, describing the supposed travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1298. It was a very famous and popular book in the 13th century.
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- THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO [THE VENETIAN].
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- KOMROFF, Manuel
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- Hardcover
- Keywords
- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Japanese Social Science, History, Law, Economics & Eclectic Item; Marco Polo: The Venitian Explorer & Earlyi Visitor To China;
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