The Travels of Marco Polo

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book medieval text travel literature travel narrative

The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travel narrative recounting Venetian explorer Marco Polo’s extensive journeys through Asia, particularly the Mongol Empire and China, and describing the lands, peoples, and customs he encountered.

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Label Occurrences
The Travels of Marco Polo canonical 12
Genoese captivity of Marco Polo 2
travels of Marco Polo 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
medieval text ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
alternativeTitle Il Milione ⓘ
Le Devisement du Monde ⓘ
author Marco Polo ⓘ
coAuthor Rustichello da Pisa ⓘ
compositionPeriod circa 1298–1299 ⓘ
contains descriptions of cities ⓘ
descriptions of court ceremonies ⓘ
descriptions of religions ⓘ
descriptions of trade routes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
describes Asia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
featuresCharacter Kublai Khan ⓘ
genre exploration literature ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
hasManuscriptTradition multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ
historicalSetting 13th century Asia ⓘ
influenced Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery

Christopher Columbus ⓘ
European cartography ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
literarySignificance major source on Mongol Empire for medieval Europe ⓘ
one of the earliest detailed European accounts of China ⓘ
mainSubject court of Kublai Khan ⓘ
customs of Asian peoples ⓘ
geography of Asia ⓘ
journeys of Marco Polo ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person account ⓘ
narrativeStructure series of regional descriptions ⓘ
originalLanguage Old French ⓘ
placeOfComposition Genoa ⓘ
publicationCentury 13th century ⓘ
setting Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road regions
subjectOf scholarly debate on accuracy ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
many modern languages ⓘ

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Marco Polo Bridge → mentionedIn → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Marco Polo → notableWork → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Marco Polo → subjectOf → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Khanbaliq → describedIn → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Maffeo Polo → knownFromWork → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Maffeo Polo → portrayedIn → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Lugou Bridge → describedInWork → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Polo → appearsInWork → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Il Milione → mainSubject → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
this entity surface form: travels of Marco Polo
Il Milione → alsoKnownAs → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Il Milione → alsoKnownAs → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il Milione di Marco Polo
Il Milione → containsAccountOf → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marco Polo's service to Kublai Khan
Rustichello da Pisa → notableWork → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Rustichello da Pisa → associatedWith → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genoese captivity of Marco Polo
Le Devisement du Monde → hasVariantTitle → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Le Devisement du Monde → associatedWith → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genoese captivity of Marco Polo
court of Kublai Khan → notableSource → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
Invisible Cities → basedOn → The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
this entity surface form: travels of Marco Polo