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CAMBRIDGE The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian 2 Volume Set Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East 2011 Edition by Marco Polo, Edited and translated by Henry Yule
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian is a nineteenth-century edition of the famous travelogue written by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291. The book secured lasting fame for its editor, the prominent geographer and literary scholar Henry Yule (1820-1889), who was awarded the founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his efforts. The two-volume work, the result of Yule's research in Palermo, Venice, Florence, Paris and London and of extensive correspondence with scholars around the world, has long been considered an authoritative source on Polo's travels. Table of contents :- Volume 1: Introductory notices; Prologue; Book I. Account of Regions Visited or Heard of on the Journey from the Lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu; Book II; Section 1. Volume 2: Book II; Section 2: Journey to the West and South-West of Cathay; Section 3. Journey Southward through Eastern Provinces of Cathay and Manzi; Book 3; Book 4: Wars among the Tartar princes, and some account of the Northern Countries; Appendices; Index.