Marco Polo Fact-Checked: What He Really Saw

Marco Polo's Travels has shaped Western imagination of the East for over seven centuries-a world of golden cities, wise emperors, and impossible customs. Yet historians have long debated how much of his account was eyewitness truth and how much came from hearsay or creative adaptation. This book disentangles fact from legend, tracing what Marco Polo truly saw on his journey from Venice to the cour...