The Travels of Marco Polo
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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medieval text → travel literature → travel narrative → |
| alternativeTitle |
Il Milione
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Le Devisement du Monde → |
| author | Marco Polo → |
| coAuthor | Rustichello da Pisa → |
| compositionPeriod | circa 1298–1299 → |
| contains |
descriptions of cities
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descriptions of court ceremonies → descriptions of religions → descriptions of trade routes → |
| countryOfOrigin | Republic of Venice → |
| describes |
Asia
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Central Asia → China → India → Mongol Empire → Persia → Southeast Asia → |
| featuresCharacter | Kublai Khan → |
| genre |
exploration literature
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memoir → travel writing → |
| hasManuscriptTradition | multiple medieval manuscripts → |
| historicalSetting | 13th century Asia → |
| influenced |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Christopher Columbus → European cartography → |
| languageFamily | Romance languages → |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages → |
| literarySignificance |
major source on Mongol Empire for medieval Europe
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one of the earliest detailed European accounts of China → |
| mainSubject |
court of Kublai Khan
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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
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surface form:
Silk Road regions
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| subjectOf | scholarly debate on accuracy → |
| translatedInto |
English
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Italian → Latin → many modern languages → |
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