Customs of the Kingdoms of India
As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of the region, some reliable, some wholly implausible, but all fascinating.
Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but also back into ideas and worl...
As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of the region, some reliable, some wholly implausible, but all fascinating.
Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but also back into ideas and worl...
