Calendar of documents relating to Marco Polo and his family. Genealogy of the house of Chinghiz to the end of the 18th century. The book of Marco Polo: book 2 (continued)-4. The book of Marco Polo: Prologue books 1-2 - II. Explanations regarding the basis adopted for the present translation. Nature of Polo's influence on geographical knowledge. Contemporary recognition of Polo and his book. Some estimates of the character of Polo and his book. Marco Polo's book : and the language in which it was first written.

Notices of Marco Polo's history after the termination of his imprisonment at Genoa. The jealousies and naval wars of Venice and Genoa. Digression concerning the war-galleys of the Mediterranean states in the middle ages. Digression concerning the mansion of the Polo family at S. Sketch of the state of the East at the time of the journeys of the Polo family. Obscurities in the history of his life and books.

A bibliography of Sir Henry Yule's writings. Memoir of Sir Henry Yule / Amy Francis Yule. Includes bibliographical references and index de Paris, 1824, and omitted by Pauthier, have been inserted and everything peculiar to Ramusio's version having a just claim to be reckoned authentic has been introduced in square brackets. All items of real value found in the Geographic text, published by the Soc. This audiobook in two volumes uses the 1903 third edition of Sir Henry Yule's translation, revised by Henri Cordier.Translated from Pauthier's text, Paris, 1865. Presenting Marco Polo as an important figure at the court of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, the book was written in Old French by Rustichello da Pisa, a romance author of the time, who was reportedly working from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned in Genoa, having been captured while on a ship. Books of the Marvels of the World or 'Description of the World' (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed 'Il Milione' ('The Million') or 'Oriente Poliano', but commonly called 'The Travels of Marco Polo', is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 12.It's been a very famous and popular book since the 14th century, creating the image of Marco Polo as the icon of the bold traveller.

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