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The travels of marco polo volume 1 by marco polo, rustichello. The travels of marco polo volume ii from project gutenberg. This ebook text has been shared by project gutenberg. Previous part 9 next part 11 stables of akbar an imperial horse drew daily 2 lbs. Volume ii volume 2 published october 3rd 2016 by createspace independent publishing platform paperback, 530 pages. Just after marco polo was born, his dad niccolo and uncle maffeo both went on a 6 year trip to cathay for trades.
Including the unabridged third edition 1903 of henry yules annotated translation, as revised by henri cordier, together with cordiers later volume of notes and addenda 1920. The first third is introductory material, and there are 2 3 pages of gloss for every page of polo s actual text. The travels of marco polo volume 2 by marco polo and rustichello da pisathe travels of marco polo, is a thcentury travelogue written. The travels of marco polo, volume 2 by marco polo and rustichello of pisa part 9 out of 23.
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The million, deriving from polo s nickname emilione, in english commonly called the travels of marco polo, is a thcentury travelogue written down by rustichello da pisa from stories told by italian explorer marco polo, describing polo s travels through asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of kublai khan. The first third is introductory material, and there are 23 pages of gloss for every page of polos actual text. His father, nicolo, and his uncle, maffeo, were merchants who had seats in the great council and were enrolled with the noblemen of venice. Many people prefer to read offline or to print out text and read from the real printed page. The city was, however, the capital of the great tang dynasty for a time in the 8th century, and is probably the tajah or taiyunah of old arab writers.
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