Join the 13th century merchants Marco, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo as they journey from their native city of Venice to the faraway land of Cathay, or China. There, young Marco will meet Kublai Khan, the ruler of the vast Mongolian empire. Read about his many adventures serving the Khan in the lands East of Europe, and his adventures coming back home to Venice. This medieval book, dictated by Marco while imprisoned in Genoa, was one of the inspirations of the Age of Exploration during the Renaissance, and it still intrigues …
Marco Polo: The travels of Marco Polo (1818, Printed for the author, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [etc.])
Join the 13th century merchants Marco, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo as they journey from their native city of Venice to the faraway land of Cathay, or China. There, young Marco will meet Kublai Khan, the ruler of the vast Mongolian empire. Read about his many adventures serving the Khan in the lands East of Europe, and his adventures coming back home to Venice. This medieval book, dictated by Marco while imprisoned in Genoa, was one of the inspirations of the Age of Exploration during the Renaissance, and it still intrigues readers today to learn of the Polo's adventures in the far East.
781 Seiten
Sprache: English
Am 1818 von Printed for the author, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [etc.] veröffentlicht.
Themen
- Voyages and travels.
- Mongols -- History.
- Asia -- Description and travel.
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