Marco Polo's Travels
by (italian) Written By Marco Polo (english) Edited By Muad Et Al.
About This Novel
"The Travels of Marco Polo" is the most famous travelogue in human history. Marco Polo was the first person in the history of the world to report China's vast territory and abundant resources to Europeans. This book records his journey from Venice to China in the 13th century through the overland Silk Road. In the book, Marco Polo praised China's prosperity; developed industry and commerce, bustling markets, gorgeous and cheap silk brocades, magnificent capitals, perfect and convenient post road transportation, widely circulated banknotes, etc. It made everyone who read this book infinitely fascinated by the East, opened up the craze of world geographical discoveries, and completely changed mankind's imagination of the world. "The Travels of Marco Polo" has been translated into many European languages. For Europe, which was closed on the eve of the Renaissance, this is not just a travelogue, but an enlightenment work.
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