by Marco Polo · Ediciones Gaviota · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439280354
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«El Libro de las Maravillas» is Marco Polo's travel book, published by Ediciones Gaviota in hardcover (312 pages, in Spanish).
Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, recounts in these pages his travels through the East and what he claims to have seen with his own eyes: lands, peoples and customs very different from those of the West. A work that brings together descriptions and anecdotes of a then-unknown world, presented as direct testimony.
It belongs to the Trébol collection. The work is originally known as Il milione and first appeared in 1298.
Recommended for young readers aged 14 and over, especially those interested in classics of youth literature and in travel and adventure stories.
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China under the Yuan dynasty, giving Europeans their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan, and other Asian societies.
