"After many years in Asia, Marco Polo wrote one of the most influential books of the past millennium. No mere travel account, Polo's Book is a work that played a key role in the development of European overseas expansion. In this book, historian John Larner explores for the firs…
Presents a sketch of what was known or believed about Asia in western Europe before the birth of Marco Polo, with discussion of the creation of the Mongol Empire; examines the composition and reception of Marco Polo's chronicle of his travels in the Far East; and considers the i…