9. Marco Polo believed in sorcery and evil spirits. Throughout his book, Polo describes encounters with magicians and sorcerers. At the court of Kublai Khan, Polo met astrologers who (allegedly ...

Belliveau: WE RETREATED INTO OUR IMAGINATION INTO THE 13th CENTURY, AND WE READ FROM MARCO POLO'S BOOK ABOUT BALKH, AND WE SAT OVER -- YOU KNOW, WE WATCHED THE SUNSET, AND, THAT NIGHT, WE WENT ...

While their translation — based on a 1938 edition of the text annotated by A.C. Moule and Paul Pelliot — remains unfinished, their work has already resulted in multiple books on Marco Polo, the Silk ...

The plan is excellent, and well carried out. Selected extracts from Yule's “Book of Ser Marco Polo” are accompanied and woven together by a pleasantly written commentary, which seems to have ...

The Travels of Marco Polo. The two men struck up their partnership in a Genoese prison, after both had wound up on the wrong side of that city-state's commercial rivalry with Pisa and Polo's native ...

The exhibition Real and Imaginary Lands, China and Marco Polo: A Tale of Books kicks off at the Shanghai Library in East China, showcasing original Italian manuscripts and featuring over 100 ...