![]() ![]() ![]() Some have questioned whether Marco had actually traveled to China or was just repeating stories that he had heard from other travelers. From the beginning, there has been incredulity over Polo's sometimes fabulous stories, as well as a scholarly debate in recent times. The book was written in Old French by romance writer Rustichello da Pisa, who worked from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned together in Genoa. Description of the World" in English commonly called "The Travels of Marco Polo", is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo's travels through Asia between 12, and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. Revised from Marsden's translation and edited with introduction by Manuel Komroff. (8 3./4" x 6") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. ![]()
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