The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1 by Rustichello da Pisa & Marco Polo. (Translated by Henry Yule.) Read in English by Leni; Jacob Paul Starr; ToddHW; Anna Simon; TriciaG; Dewaldo; alanmapstone; Lynne Thompson; Stephen Gibbons; Anna Roberts "Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milione" ("The Million") or "Oriente Poliano", but commonly called "The Travels of Marco Polo", is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291.It's been a very famous and popular book since the 14th century, creating the image of Marco Polo as the icon of the bold traveller. Presenting Marco Polo as an important figure at the court of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, the book was written in Old French by Rustichello da Pisa, a romance author of the time, who was reportedly working from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned in Genoa, having been captured while on a ship. Thi…

Directors & creators

Rustichello da Pisa; Marco Polo

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;travel; marco polo; kublai khan

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