Marco Polo : The Incredible Journey Condition:Well Read Jenny WalkerAbout Lonely Planet: Since

Jenny WalkerAbout Lonely Planet: Since 1973

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Marco Polo : The Incredible Journey Condition:Well Read Jenny WalkerAbout Lonely Planet: SinceMarco Polo is the greatest explorer the world has ever seen, yet on his deathbed in 1324 he 'I have not told the half of those things that I saw.' As a youth of seventeen, Marco began his epic journey through Armenia, Arabia, India and China. Yet for centuries many scholars simply did not believe his incredible stories. In this book, Robin Brown rescues Marco Polo from the lampooned clown figure he became, and reveals the utter uniqueness of his