Title: Travels of Marco Polo
Subtitle: The Illustrated
Edition
Author/s: Marco Polo
RRP: $49.99
ISBN: 9781402796302
Format: Hardback, 400 pages
Dimensions: 254mm x 229mm
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Aust. Release Date: November 2012
Book Description/Synopsis:
The
Travels of Marco Polo
takes readers on a fascinating journey into a world once unknown. Marco Polo
almost single-handedly introduced fourteenth-century Europe
to the civilisations of Central Asia and China . Now this
stunningly illustrated volume, edited by renowned historian Morris Rossabi,
offers the complete text of Polo's travelogue (in the respected Yule-Cordier
translation), enhanced with more than 200 images including illuminated manuscripts,
paintings, photographs and maps. Sidebars and dozens of informative footnotes
combine to present Polo and his travels in a captivating new light.
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