by Marco Polo · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9788441320321
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«Libro de las cosas maravillosas» is Marco Polo's travel account, published by FisicalBook in hardcover (197 pages, in Spanish).
The work narrates Marco Polo's journey through Asia and his stay at the court of Kublai Khan, lord of the Mongol Empire, with descriptions of the geography, cities and customs of the East. It alternates precise data with legends and wonders, and this edition reproduces in facsimile the translation by Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella printed in Seville in 1518.
The work, also known as «Il milione», belongs to the Biblioteca del viajero collection, no. 29.
For readers interested in medieval history, travel literature and classics of exploration.
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.
