The Travels of Marco Polo
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The Travels of Marco Polo, also known as The Book of the Marvels of the World and by its Italian name Il Milione, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by
A page of The Travels of Marco Polo
The probable view of Marco Polo's own geography (drawn by Henry Yule, 1871).
French "Livre des merveilles" front page
Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on the Latin edition of Marco Polo's Le livre des merveilles.
Odoric of Pordenone
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Odoric of Pordenone was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capi
The departure of Odoric
The ancient Persian city of Persepolis through which Odoric passed. The columns are nearly 25 meters (84 feet) tall. Drawing by Eugène Flandin in 1840.
Odoric's tomb in Udine
Chinese depiction of the Blessed Odoric (c. 1930)