The Travels of Marco Polo (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Marco Polo
- First Published: 1579
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1260-1295
- Setting: Greater Asia
- Principal Characters: Nicolo Polo, Maffeo Polo, Marco Polo, Kublai Khan
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Travel writing
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Asia or Asians, Adventure, China or Chinese people, Merchants, Spices
- Locales: Asia
The Story:
Nicolo and Maffeo Polo set forth on their first trip to the East in 1260, with a cargo of merchandise for Constantinople. From there, they ventured on into the lands of the Tartar princes. Having at last reached the court of Kublai Khan, China’s emperor, they managed to ingratiate themselves into his highest favor. During their stay, the khan questioned them about the Catholic faith and asked them to return to Europe and ask the pope to send missionaries to his distant land. In the year 1269, the two Polos arrived in Venice. There they learned that Pope Clement...
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