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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
AdventureHistory - Medieval/Middle AgesTravel WritingAsia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800Mongols -- HistoryPolo, Marco, 1254-1323?
About this book
"The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1" by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa is a 13th-century travelogue written between 1298-1299. This legendary account chronicles Polo's epic journey through Asia from 1271 to 1295 and his remarkable experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. Dictated by the Venetian explorer to romance writer Rustichello while imprisoned in Genoa, the book blends adventure with observation, revealing distant lands Europeans had never imagined. From its first appearance, readers have debated its authenticity—wondering whether these tales of marvels are truth or fantasy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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