by Marco Polo · Art Blume, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498015584
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«La ruta de la seda. El arte del viaje» is the historical travel account of Marco Polo, published by Art Blume in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Marco Polo recounts the journey he made with his father and uncle along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan, passing through Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and Central Asia. He describes the customs, beliefs and social and political organization of the peoples he encounters, and the work is considered a precursor of travel and adventure literature.
The edition, published on September 6, 2011, consists of 82 chapters and includes passages from the English translations by William Marsden and Henry Yule.
For readers interested in history, travel literature and the ancient trade routes between East and West.
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.
