The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective.

These essays challenge what many scholars perceived to be an opposition of "East" and "West" in Polo's writings.

"Embark on a medieval odyssey with 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville.' This captivating work, believed to be a fictional travel narrative written in the 14th

In Marco Polo was in China Hans Ulrich Vogel undertakes a thorough study of Yuan currencies, salts and revenues, by comparing Marco Polo manuscripts with Chines