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 The Travels of Marco Polo Summary
5,760 words, approx. 19 pages 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 uncle, Maffeo, on a three-year journey to China that... summary from source:
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 The Travels of Marco Polo is the usual English title of Marco Polo's travel book, nicknamed Il Milione (The Million, see below) or Le Livre des Merveilles (The Book of Wonders). It was a very famous book in the 13th century which talked about Marco...
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 AP News `Lost' star travels east in `Marco Polo'
5/21/2007: 742 words, approx. 3 pagesIan Somerhalder has long been fascinated with the Far East."Places call you," says the 28-year-old actor. "Usually the Virgin Islands call people. China was calling me."Which is why Somerhalder, not seen on TV since his fateful end in the first season of "Lost," took the...
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 Critical Essay by Thomas Wright
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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 of Polo's manuscript.
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Critical Essay by Richard D. Mallery
2,663 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following excerpt, Mallery discusses the appeal of Polo's The Book of Marco Polo in the context of the travel narrative genre.
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Critical Review by Henry Rawlinson
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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 said, or would have desired to say."
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