A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written, in a collectible clothbound edition

Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China. Afterward, he served Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions in the Far East. His subsequent account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions; new customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation, and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with color and immediacy, Marco Polo's book...

A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written

Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China. Afterward, he served Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions in the Far East. His subsequent account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions; new customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation, and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with color and immediacy, Marco Polo's book revolutionized Western ideas about the...

Marco Polo Iceland Map: the ideal map for your trip Let the Marco Polo Iceland Road Map guide you around this wonderful country. Discover a dramatic landscape of hot springs, volcanoes, lava fields and geysers with this highly durable, detailed, touring map of Iceland. It folds away easily and is always on standby to help when you're stuck. Perfect touring map - the scale is 1 : 650 000* ideal to help you tour the region by car or campervan. Easy to use - the super clear mapping in strong colours and clear text will help you navigate the country like a local. New ZOOM system -...