The Travels of Marco Polo, also known as The Book of the Marvels of the World (French: Livres des Merveilles du Monde) and by its Italian name Il Milione ("The Million"), is a 13th-century travelogue …

Jan 4, 2026 · Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years. His account of those travels, known in English as …

Jan 1, 2004 · "The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1" by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa is a 13th-century travelogue written between 1298-1299. This legendary account chronicles Polo's epic …

This manuscript from about 1350 is one of the oldest extant copies of Les voyages de Marco Polo (The travels of Marco Polo), the account by the Venetian merchant Marco Polo (circa 1254-1324) of his …

Feb 12, 2019 · Polo's adventures are recounted in his own writings, The Travels, where he describes the peoples, places, and customs of the East, including the fabulous court of the Khan.

The Travels of Marco Polo is among the earliest of all accounts of foreign travel and is unquestionably the most detailed European account of life in continental Asia, eclipsing even that of the missionaries …

Marco Polo was a thirteenth-century Venetian explorer, arguably the world’s most well-traveled explorer, and The Travels of Marco Polo chronicles his journey through Asia as a special...

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms & Marvels of the East, trans. and ed. Sir Henry Yule, rev. Henri Cordier, 3d ed. rev., 2 vols. (London: J. Murray, 1903), 2:185-206.

Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West …

The title of a popular version of the manuscript was titled “Il Milione (The Million),” and it is known as The Travels of Marco Polo in English. A classic of travel literature, it was particularly influential in Europe …