The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps

The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9780226149820
ISBN-13 : 022614982X
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Book Synopsis The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps by : Benjamin B. Olshin

Download or read book The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps written by Benjamin B. Olshin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns a collection of maps and associated documents claimed to be from Marco Polo's time or that of his daughters (as many of the maps have the name or one or another of the three daughters on them). Discusses provenance, authenticity, and history of the documents, known to scholars as "the Marco Polo Maps" since 1948, here discussed fully for the first time.


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