Xanadu: Marco Polo and Europe's Discovery of the East
By John Man.
Description
Respected historian and travel writer John Man tells the remarkable story of the world's most famous traveler—Marco Polo—and the moment when East met West for the first time Marco Polo’s late 13th-century journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings—"stately pleasure domes" in Coleridge’s dreaming, huge armies, and imperial riches. He revealed the w...
ISBN(s)
0553820028, 8129107309, 9780553820027
