The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2 : Rustichello Da Pisa

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2 Author: Rustichello Da Pisa Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: "Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milione" ("The Million") or "Oriente Poliano", but commonly called "The Travels of Marco Polo", is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291.It's been a very famous and popular book since the 14th century, creating the image of Marco Polo as the icon of the bold traveller. Presenting Marco Polo as an important figure at the court of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, the book was written in Old French by Rustichello da Pisa, a romance author of the time, who was reportedly working from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned in Genoa, having been captured while on a ship. This audiobook in two volumes uses the 1903 third edition of Sir Henry Yule's translation, revised by Henri Cordier. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Leni)