Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls (Little Black Classics #16)
'You will hear it for yourselves, and it will surely fill you with wonder...'In this selection from Marco Polo's famous travel book, the intrepid Venetian describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from...
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'You will hear it for yourselves, and it will surely fill you with wonder...'In this selection from Marco Polo's famous travel book, the intrepid Venetian describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from snake-infested caves... Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780141398358 (0141398353)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
I hope Marco Polo was a better explorer than he was a writer, because this was not good. I'm now going to tell you what was bad. The writing. I've now told you what was bad. The booklet is filled with these completely unnecessary sentences where Polo explains what he is going to say in the next or h...
Marco Polo was an 13th Century Venetian explorer, spending 24 years travelling Asia and recounting many illustrious tales. "Immense quantities of skins are made into leather in this kingdom: that is, they tan the hides of goats, buffaloes, wild oxen, UNICORNS and many other beasts."In terms of histo...
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