The Travels of Marco Polo
Translated by Teresa Waugh
This is a very simple book. The author says it's all true but
clearly that's not the case. It's a catalogue of the provinces
ruled by the Tartars. Marco Polo was in the service of Kubla Khan
and travelled round the empire. It's not a wonderful work of
literature but a contemporary view of something so long ago and
so far away. Marco Polo was interested in how people lived, what
they ate and how they traded.
Rory 06/05/01
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