Аннотация
When Marco Polo lay on his deathbed,
his priest, his friends and relations
clustered around him to plead that he
at last renounce the countless lies he
had related as his true adventures, so his
soul would go cleansed to Heaven. The
old man raised up, roundly damned them
all and declared, “I have not told
the half of what I saw and did!”
ACCORDING TO
FRA JACOPO D’ACQUI,
MARCO POLO’S CONTEMPORARY
AND HIS FIRST BIOGRAPHER
Come hither, great princes! Come hither, emperors and kings, dukes and marquises, knights and burgesses! Come hither, you people of all degrees, who wish to see the many faces of mankind and to know the diversities of the whole world! Take up this book and read it, or have it read to you. For herein you will find all the greatest wonders and most marvelous curiosities … .
AH, LUIG...
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