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Excerpt from Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo Marco Polo, after his return from the East, married and had three daughters. Three years after the death of Dante, and three years before Sir John Mandeville set out upon his travels, Marco Polo died, at the age of seventy, in the year 1324. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduc...

Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Vol. 2 of 2N otes. - I King-sze' now Hang - chau. '2. The circuit ascribed to the City, the Bridges. 3. Hereditary T raa'es. 4. The Si-hzt or Western Lahe. 5. Dressiness of the People. 6. Charitable Establishments. 7. Paved faaa's. 8. Hot aria7 Cold Baths. 9. Kanpu, and the Hang - ehau Estuary. 10. The Nine Provinces of Manzi. II. The Kaan's...

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Excerpt from The Adventures of Marco Polo, the Great Traveler Looking more carefully at the difference between the two directions of the new education we can see what each accomplishes. There is first an effort to train the original powers Of the individual and make him self-active, quick at observation, and free in his thinking. Next, the new education endeavors, by the reading of books and the study of the wisdom of the race, to make the ch...

Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo, Vol. 1 of 2: The Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the EastI therefore, gladly and thankfully, accepted Miss amy frances yule's kind proposal to undertake the editorship of the third edition of the Book of Ser Marco Polo, and I wish to express here my gratitude to her for the great honour she has thus done me.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cl...

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Polo, a six-year-old Golden Retriever, was born in Wayland, Michigan. Leaving his mother, brothers, and sisters, he moved into his foster puppy home. There he learned basic commands and began his socialization training, which lasted one year. He then graduated and went on to receive intense training in Assistance Dog skills for the specific human which was chosen for him. He now lives in Indiana with his human partner. Although Polo is on duty...

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Chronicling the 13th-century world from Venice, his birthplace, to the far reaches of Asia, Marco Polo tells of the foreign peoples he meets as he travels by foot, horse, and boat through places including Persia, Tibet, India, and, finally, China. This edition includes a new Introduction and a new Foreword. Original.

Torna il celebre Milione in un'edizione completa e nella traduzione latina dell'opera, accompagnata da una moderna traduzione in italiano appositamente preparata. La redazione contiene anche numerosi passi del perduto originale dettato da Marco Polo (1254-1324), assenti nella versione trecentesca che viene correntemente pubblicata. Il favoloso rendiconto del lungo viaggio di Marco, compiuto tra il 1271 e il 1295, si arricchisce di nuovi partic...

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Now in a handsome and newly revised hardcover edition: the extraordinary travelogue that has enthralled readers for more than seven centuries. Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of the splendid cities and people he encountered on his journey along the Silk Road through the Middle East, South Asia, and China opened a window for his Western readers onto the fascinations of the East and continued to grow in popularity over the succeeding centuries. ...

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