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The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo
Born in 1254 in Venice, Italy, Marco Polo was the son of a prosperous merchant family. At the age of 17, young Marco accompanied his father, Nicolo, and his ...
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NOTE BY MISS YULE
I desire to take this opportunity of recording my
grateful sense of the unsparing labour, learning,
and devotion, with which my father’s valued
friend, Professor Henri Cordier,...
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SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
BOOK SECOND—(Continued).
PART II.
Journey to the West and South-West of Cathay.
XXXV.—HERE BEGINS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERIOR OF CATHAY; AND FIRST OF
TH...
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The Venetian traveler and writer Marco Polo (ca. 1254-ca. 1324) left Venice for Cathay, or China, in 1271, spent 17 years in Kublai Khan's realm, and returned to Venice in 1295. His account of his tra...
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In the following dedication to his 1579 translation of The Travels of Marco Polo, Frampton states his reasons for committing the manuscript to print in English.
To the right worshipfull Mr. Edward Dya...
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In the following excerpt, Mallery discusses the appeal of Polo's The Book of Marco Polo in the context of the travel narrative genre.
Travel narratives, through the ages, reflect the character ...
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In Wright's 1854 introduction to his revision of William Marsden's translation of The Travels of Marco Polo, Wright offers an overview of Polo's travels and discusses the history ...
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In the following excerpt, Rawlinson praises Yule's translation of Polo's book, noting that he blends several earlier texts in his edition in order to best present "what the author...
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Teaching The Travels of Marco Polo
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The Travels of Marco Polo Lesson Plans contain 134 pages of teaching material, including:
The Travels of Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Marco Polo
Critical Essay by John Frampton
