The Travels (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

The Travels (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written, in a collectible clothbound edition

Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China. Afterward, he served Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions in the Far East. His subsequent account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions; new customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation, and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with color and immediacy, Marco Polo's book revolutionized Western ideas about the then-unknown East and remains one of the greatest travel accounts of all time. Nigel Cliff's new translation, based on the original medieval sources, is a fresh, authoritative rendering, with a lively introduction and notes.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 22654641
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-12-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780141198774

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	22654641
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2015-12-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780141198774

The Travels (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

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