| Description |
xiii, 250 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-242). |
| Contents |
Images of Asia and the coming of the Mongols -- The Polos -- Marco Polo and Rustichello -- The making of the book -- The description of the world -- Varieties of the book -- Marco, merchants and missionaries -- Marco among the humanists -- Columbus and after -- Jesuits, imperialists and a conclusion -- A note on manuscripts of the book -- Times of travel to China by land -- Marco Polo and world maps of the fifteenth century. |
| Subject |
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Travels of Marco Polo.
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Voyages and travels.
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Travel, Medieval.
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Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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| ISBN |
0300079710 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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