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In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works. Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on February 24, ...

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First issues have become something of an albatross for a lot of fans, mostly thanks to Marvel. First issues sell the best, so nowadays we get them all the time, but back in the newsstands days, things ...

Why are Marco Polo's travels still remembered almost eight centuries later?

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Italo Calvino’s famed surrealist novel follows a conversation between Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan and Venetian explorer Marco Polo. As Khan worries about the state of his empire, Polo details tales ...

Pinto piled up enough conspicuous “firsts” to make him the most renowned traveler in Asia after Marco Polo. He was the first European to describe alligators, cobras, orangutans and flying ...

Marco Polo (1254-1324), Venetian trader and explorer, woodcut, published 1888 Marco Polo (1254 - 1324) - Venetian trader who became known through the reports about his trip to China.Though he was not ...

In the end, what’s so special about Marco Polo as presented here is that he wasn’t so special. The book concludes with three biographical vignettes of Polo’s contemporaries: A Chinese ...

List of mss. of Marco Polo's book as far as they are known: v.2, p. 530-551.--Bibliography of Marco Polo's book,: v.2, p. 553-582.--A bibliography of Sir... Skip to main content. Ask the publishers to ...