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The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo (approx. 1254 - 1324)
(as told to Rusticiano da Pisa and edited by Francis R, Gemma; originally titled A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD)

Type of Work:

Autobiographical adventure

Setting

Venice, Italy and overland to Eastern China (Cathay)

Principal Characters

Marco Polo, a young nobleman, traveling merchant and adventurer
Niccolo Polo, Marco's father, also a merchant
Maffeo Polo, Niccolo's brother and business partner
Kublai Khan, Emperor of China, descendent of Ghenghis Khan