Afterward, he served Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions in the Far East. Book Synopsis A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written, in a collectible clothbound edition Marco Polos voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China. an introduction describing the world as it stood on the eve of Polos departure, and examining the fantastical notions the West had developed of the East-Publishers description. For this edition - the first completely new English translation of the Travels in over fifty years - Nigel Cliff has gone back to the original manuscript sources to produce a fresh, authoritative new version. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy, Marcos book revolutionized western ideas about the then unknown East and is still one of the greatest travel accounts of all time. His account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies the spices and silks of the East the precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts of faraway lands. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. About the Book Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time.
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