ISBN10: 0375758186, ISBN13: 9780375758188, [publisher: Random House Publishing Group] Softcover Jason Goodwin&#8217s books include A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul and Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire.Marco Polo&#8217s acco.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2001]
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ISBN10: 0375758186, ISBN13: 9780375758188, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Marco Polo's account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange sights, historical legends, and much more. From the dazzling courts of Kublai Khan to the perilous deserts of Persia, no book contains a richer magazine of marvels than the Travels.This edition, selected and edited by the great scholar Manuel Komroff, also features the classic and stylistically brilliant Marsden translation, revised and corrected, as well as Komroff's Introduction to the 1926 edition. Marco Polo's classic account of his travels throughout the East in the 13th century is one of the earliest European travel narratives. Revised from Marsden's translation, this book is edited by Manuel Komroff. It contains an introduction by Jason Goodwin, along with commentary, notes and a reading group guide. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]