by Marco Polo · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440670427
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«Libro de las maravillas» is Marco Polo's travel chronicle, published by Ediciones B in paperback (597 pages, in Spanish).
An account of Marco Polo's travels through Asia and his long stay in China, written with the help of Rustichello of Pisa while he was imprisoned in Genoa. It describes the lands of Cathay and Mangi, their peoples, customs, and prized goods such as silk, spices, and gems, mixing real facts with fabulous episodes.
The work, also known as «Il milione», belongs to the Biblioteca Grandes Viajeros collection by Ediciones B.
For readers interested in medieval history, travel literature, and great non-fiction classics.
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.
