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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2

By Marco Polo
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The volume recounts rivalries and military campaigns among Mongol/Tartar princes, tracing shifting successions, key battles, and episodes of captivity and restoration, while interweaving reports on the peoples, geography, and customs of northern regions. It includes descriptions of remote lands and seafaring straits, observations on animals, trade practices, and modes of travel, and shorter narrative summaries where full text is lacking. Extensive appendices collect genealogies, manuscript traditions, maps, bibliographies, notes on coins, weights, and measures, and textual remarks and indices that clarify sources, variants, and historical place-names.

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Marco Polo

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who is best known for his travels through Asia and his detailed accounts of the cultures and lands he encountered. His most famous work, "The Travels of Marco Polo," co-authored with Rustichello da Pisa, chronicles his journey along the Silk Road to China and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. This seminal text not only provided Europeans with one of the first comprehensive looks at the East but also inspired countless explorers and adventurers. Polo's narratives blend travelogue with adventure, offering insights into the geography, culture, and economy of the regions he visited.

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