by Marco Polo · Larousse Editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035846471
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«Le Livre des merveilles» is Marco Polo's travel account, published by Larousse Editions in paperback (208 pages, in French).
Marco Polo's work narrates his long journey along the Eastern routes to China, a world then feared and little known to Europeans. The account alternates encyclopedic observations, such as the customs of the Tartars, with legends featuring the supernatural, and was read with great curiosity by European courts.
Work originally published as «Il Milione» in 1298. This 2009 edition belongs to the Petits Classiques collection and includes a pedagogical dossier.
It is aimed at secondary school students, especially in the French education system, and at those studying French as a foreign language.
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.
