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. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Books of the marvels of the world or description of the world divisament dou monde, also nicknamed il milione the million or oriente poliano, but commonly called the travels of marco polo, is a thcentury travelogue written down by rustichello da pisa from stories told by marco polo, describing the travels of the latter through asia, persia, china, and indonesia between 1271. The travels of marco polo volume 2 sur apple books. Marco polos adventures in china stemmed from a trip taken there by his father nicolo and his uncle maffeo. The marco polo bibliography published in 1986 contained over 2,300 items in european languages alone. The complete yulecordier edition the travels of ibn battuta. Sell travels of marco polo, by polo, volume 2 isbn 9780486275871 ship for free.
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