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THERE AND BACK AGAIN


ANTONIO RATTI

Marco Polo’s account of his odyssey to China
became one of the world’s first best-selling books,
and not just for its fantastic tales. Its commercial
details awoke Europeans to the possibilities of global
trade two centuries before the age of discovery.

The Travels of


Marco Polo

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