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Marco Polo

Born

in Venice, Venetian republic

August 11, 1254

Died

December 31, 1323

Genre

Travel, History

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From 1271, Marco Polo of Venice explored Asia to 1295; the only available Travels of Marco Polo accounted China to Europeans until the 1500s.

Marco Polo spun a tale of how people gave a life of sensual pleasure and a potion to make young Assassins to yearn for paradise, their reward for dying in action, before their secret missions.

Stories and various documents also alternatively point to his ancestry, originating in Korčula, Croatia.

People well knew this trader. He recorded his adventures in a published book. People lost the original copies of his works.

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Marco Polo’s books

Average rating: 3.51 · 9,956 ratings · 997 reviews · 201 distinct works ‧ Similar authors

	The Travels 3.58 avg rating — 7,855 ratings — published 1298 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls 3.09 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 1298 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Travels of Marco Polo: Volume 1 by Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa, Henry Yule (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1285 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan 3.46 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1295 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Customs of the Kingdoms of India 3.10 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Travels of Marco Polo: Volume 2 by Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa, Henry Yule (Editor and Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1285 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	தமிழ்நாட்டில் மார்க்கோ போலோ -முன்பின் பயணங்களுடன்: TAMILNAATIL MARCOPOLO by Marco Polo, ஹேமா பாலாஜி (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رحلات ماركو بولو - الجزء الأول by Marco Polo, وليم مارسدن (Translator), عبد العزيز توفيق جاويد (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1295 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رحلات ماركو بولو - الجزء الثاني by Marco Polo, عبد العزيز توفيق جاويد (Translator), وليم مارسدن (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1295 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رحلات ماركو بولو - الجزء الثالث by Marco Polo, عبد العزيز توفيق جاويد (Translator), وليم مارسدن (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1295 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Marco Polo

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Marco Polo,

Rustichello da Pisa,

Homer Fleming (Illustrator),

John Frampton (Translator)

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Quotes by Marco Polo (?)

“I have not told the half of what I saw.”
― Marco Polo

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“I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed”
― Marco Polo, on his deathbed

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“I did not tell half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed”
― Marco Polo

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What would you like to read and discuss in October?

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

18 votes, 36.7%

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

13 votes, 26.5%

Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

7 votes, 14.3%

Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag

7 votes, 14.3%

Anton Reiser by Karl Philipp Moritz

2 votes, 4.1%

The Travels by Marco Polo

2 votes, 4.1%

49 total votes

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