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The Travels Of Marco Polo: Volume I
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Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a member of a patrician family of Venice, accompanied his father an uncle in 1271 on an embassy from the pope to Kublai, Grand Khan of Tartary. They travelled through Armenia, Iraq, Khorasan, and the Pamir, to Kashgar; thence to Khoten, across the desert of Lop, and into Chinese territory, where they were well received by the emperor and where Marco was employed on services of importance. After 17 years in the territories of the Grand Khan, the Polos obtained permission to return home, which they did by sea to the Persian Gulf, eventually reaching Venice after an absence of 24 ye…
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a member of a patrician family of Venice, accompanied his father an uncle in 1271 on an embassy from the pope to Kublai, Grand Khan of Tartary. They travelled through Armenia, Iraq, Khorasan, and the Pamir, to Kashgar; thence to Khoten, across the desert of Lop, and into Chinese territory, where they were well received by the emperor and where Marco was employed on services of importance. After 17 years in the territories of the Grand Khan, the Polos obtained permission to return home, which they did by sea to the Persian Gulf, eventually reaching Venice after an absence of 24 years. Marco Polos account of his travels was written while imprisoned by the Genoese, by whom he had been captured in a sea-fight with the Venetians. The work became very popular and was translated into many languages. The classic translation in English is by the Scottish Orientalist Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889), which first appeared in 1871 and for which he received the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.
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Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a member of a patrician family of Venice, accompanied his father an uncle in 1271 on an embassy from the pope to Kublai, Grand Khan of Tartary. They travelled through Armenia, Iraq, Khorasan, and the Pamir, to Kashgar; thence to Khoten, across the desert of Lop, and into Chinese territory, where they were well received by the emperor and where Marco was employed on services of importance. After 17 years in the territories of the Grand Khan, the Polos obtained permission to return home, which they did by sea to the Persian Gulf, eventually reaching Venice after an absence of 24 years. Marco Polos account of his travels was written while imprisoned by the Genoese, by whom he had been captured in a sea-fight with the Venetians. The work became very popular and was translated into many languages. The classic translation in English is by the Scottish Orientalist Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889), which first appeared in 1871 and for which he received the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.