This is not merely another adventure story, it is the adventure story of all time. Marco polo s travel accounts, primarily drawn from the yulecordier translation, are accompanied by supplementary texts with illustrations on pages that have distinct borders from those that chronicle the travel accounts. His travels are recorded in the travels of marco polo also known as book of. Venetian explorer marco polos novel idea of what he termed a model city. The book of ser marco polo, the venetian internet archive. Beginning from the traditional lyrical marsden translation, editor manuel komroff corrected it against henry yules magisterial twovolume work, including a chapter missing from the marsden. Books by marco polo author of the travels goodreads. Rustichello wrote devisement du monde in francovenetian. The million, deriving from polo s nickname emilione, in english commonly called the travels of marco polo, is a thcentury 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. Book of the marvels of the world in english commonly called the travels of marco polo, is a thcentury travelogue written down by rustichello da pisa from. His travels are recorded in the travels of marco polo also known as book of the marvels of the world and il milione, c. Chosen as one of the ten best adventure books of all time by national geographic adventure. Marco polo has 377 books on goodreads with 22026 ratings. Laurence bergreen is a prizewinning biographer and historian.