Exceptionally narrated and written with a discerning eye for detail, Marco Polo is as riveting as the life it describes. [37], The first attempt to collate manuscripts and provide a critical edition was in a volume of collected travel narratives printed at Venice in 1559.[44]. 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While the Italian missionary Odoric of Pordenone who visited Yuan China mentioned footbinding (it is however unclear whether he was only relaying something he heard as his description is inaccurate),[54] no other foreign visitors to Yuan China mentioned the practice, perhaps an indication that the footbinding was not widespread or was not practiced in an extreme form at that time. The book was translated into many European languages in Marco Polo's own lifetime, but the original manuscripts are now lost. Very strange customs that people had. 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Please try again. During copying and translating many errors were made, so there are many differences between the various copies.[29]. I've listened to the audiobook version four times already and although each time it gets better, it tops out at 3 stars -- i.e., just average. "The Million", deriving from Polo's nickname "Emilione"),[1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo's travels through Asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan.[2][3]. veneto, but almost no (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? 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