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The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo is a famous medieval account of journeys across Asia, traditionally attributed to the Venetian merchant and traveler Marco Polo. The work describes his travels through regions of the Middle East, Central Asia…
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The Travels of Marco Polo is a famous medieval account of journeys across Asia, traditionally attributed to the Venetian merchant and traveler Marco Polo. The work describes his travels through regions of the Middle East, Central Asia, China, and other lands, including the court of Kublai Khan. Alongside accounts of cities, landscapes, customs, religions, trade, and political life, the book presents descriptions of peoples and places largely unfamiliar to medieval European readers. Combining travel narrative, geography, history, and firsthand observation, The Travels of Marco Polo became one of the most influential European accounts of Asia and helped shape Western perceptions of the wider world.
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- Published
- 10 September 2026
- Format
- Book
- Extent
- 113 chapters
- Language
- EN
- Chapters
- 113
- Language
- English
- On Lithril
- September 2026
Chapters
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- 011. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS POLO SET FORTH FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO TRAVERSE THE WORLD.Read
- 022. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS WENT ON BEYOND SOLDAIA.Read
- 033. Chapter IIIRead
- 044. Chapter IVRead
- 055. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS ARRIVED AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN.Read
- 066. Chapter VIRead
- 077. HOW THE GREAT KAAN SENT THE TWO BROTHERS AS HIS ENVOYS TO THE POPE.Read
- 088. Chapter VIIIRead
- 099. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY OF ACRE.Read
- 1010. Chapter XRead
- 1111. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS SET OUT FROM ACRE, AND MARK ALONG WITH THEM.Read
- 1212. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE THE NEW POPE.Read
- 1313. Chapter XIIIRead
- 1414. Chapter XIVRead
- 1515. HOW THE EMPEROR SENT MARK ON AN EMBASSY OF HIS.Read
- 1616. HOW MARK RETURNED FROM THE MISSION WHEREON HE HAD BEEN SENT.Read
- 1717. Chapter XVIIRead
- 1818. Chapter XVIIIRead
- 1919. HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA.Read
- 2020. CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA.Read
- 2121. DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA.Read
- 2222. OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF.Read
- 2323. OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL.Read
- 2424. OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN.Read
- 2525. Chapter VIIRead
- 2626. HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CALIF HAD SAID.Read
- 2727. HOW THE ONE-EYED COBLER WAS DESIRED TO PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIANS.Read
- 2828. HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE.Read
- 2929. OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS.Read
- 3030. Chapter XIIRead
- 3131. OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS.Read
- 3232. WHAT BEFELL WHEN THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY.Read
- 3333. OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED.Read
- 3434. CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF YASDI.Read
- 3535. CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KERMAN.Read
- 3636. OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS.Read
- 3737. OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS.Read
- 3838. OF THE WEARISOME AND DESERT ROAD THAT HAS NOW TO BE TRAVELLED.Read
- 3939. CONCERNING THE CITY OF COBINAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE.Read
- 4040. OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.Read
- 4141. CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN.Read
- 4242. HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS.Read
- 4343. HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END.Read
- 4444. CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN.Read
- 4545. OF THE CITY OF BALC.Read
- 4646. Chapter XXVIIIRead
- 4747. OF THE PROVINCE OF BADASHAN.Read
- 4848. OF THE PROVINCE OF PASHAI.Read
- 4949. OF THE PROVINCE OF KESHIMUR.Read
- 5050. OF THE GREAT RIVER OF BADASHAN.Read
- 5151. OF THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR.Read
- 5252. OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN.Read
- 5353. OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN.Read
- 5454. OF A PROVINCE CALLED COTAN.Read
- 5555. OF THE PROVINCE OF PEIN.Read
- 5656. OF THE PROVINCE OF CHARCHAN.Read
- 5757. OF THE CITY OF LOP AND THE GREAT DESERT.Read
- 5858. CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT.Read
- 5959. OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL.Read
- 6060. OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS.Read
- 6161. OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR.Read
- 6262. OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU.Read
- 6363. OF THE CITY OF ETZINA.Read
- 6464. OF THE CITY OF CARACORON.Read
- 6565. OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS.Read
- 6666. HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN.Read
- 6767. HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS.Read
- 6868. THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN.Read
- 6969. Chapter LIRead
- 7070. CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS.Read
- 7171. CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS.Read
- 7272. CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR.Read
- 7373. CONCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TARTARS.Read
- 7474. SUNDRY PARTICULARS OF THE PLAIN BEYOND CARACORON.Read
- 7575. OF THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL, AND PROVINCE OF SINJU.Read
- 7676. OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA.Read
- 7777. CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF PRESTER JOHN.Read
- 7878. CONCERNING THE KAAN’S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR.Read
- 7979. OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN’S PALACE THERE.Read
- 8080. OF CUBLAY KAAN, THE GREAT KAAN NOW REIGNING, AND OF HIS GREAT PUISSANCE.Read
- 8181. CONCERNING THE REVOLT OF NAYAN, WHO WAS UNCLE TO THE GREAT KAAN CUBLAY.Read
- 8282. HOW THE GREAT KAAN MARCHED AGAINST NAYAN.Read
- 8383. OF THE BATTLE THAT THE GREAT KAAN FOUGHT WITH NAYAN.Read
- 8484. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSED NAYAN TO BE PUT TO DEATH.Read
- 8585. HOW THE GREAT KAAN WENT BACK TO THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.Read
- 8686. HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS.Read
- 8787. CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE GREAT KAAN.Read
- 8888. CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN’S SONS.Read
- 8989. CONCERNING THE PALACE OF THE GREAT KAAN.Read
- 9090. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.Read
- 9191. Chapter XIIRead
- 9292. THE FASHION OF THE GREAT KAAN’S TABLE AT HIS HIGH FEASTS.Read
- 9393. CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY.Read
- 9494. OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY.Read
- 9595. Chapter XVIRead
- 9696. HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME.Read
- 9797. OF THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND WOLVES THAT THE KAAN KEEPS FOR THE CHASE.Read
- 9898. CONCERNING THE TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE CHARGE OF THE KAAN’S HOUNDS.Read
- 9999. HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION.Read
- 100100. REHEARSAL OF THE WAY THE YEAR OF THE GREAT KAAN IS DISTRIBUTED.Read
- 101101. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC, AND ITS GREAT TRAFFIC AND POPULATION.Read
- 102102. Chapter XXIIIRead
- 103103. Chapter XXIVRead
- 104104. Chapter XXVRead
- 105105. HOW THE KAAN’S POSTS AND RUNNERS ARE SPED THROUGH MANY LANDS AND PROVINCES.Read
- 106106. Chapter XXVIIRead
- 107107. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES TREES TO BE PLANTED BY THE HIGHWAYS.Read
- 108108. CONCERNING THE RICE-WINE DRUNK BY THE PEOPLE OF CATHAY.Read
- 109109. CONCERNING THE BLACK STONES THAT ARE DUG IN CATHAY, AND ARE BURNT FOR FUEL.Read
- 110110. Chapter XXXIRead
- 111111. OF THE CHARITY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE POOR.Read
- 112112. [CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.]Read
- 113113. Chapter XXXIVRead
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