Marco polo was supposedly born in the venetian republic in what is now venice italy there are also stories and various documents which point to his ancestry originating in korcula croatia he was a well known trader and an explorer he recorded his adventures in a book published as the travels of marco polo the original copies of his . Book from project gutenberg the travels of marco polo volume 1 skip to main content see whats new with book lending at the internet archive a line drawing of the internet archive headquarters building facade an illustration of a magnifying glass an illustration of a magnifying glass . Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Title the travels of marco polo volume 1 author marco polo and rustichello of pisa release date january 8 2004 ebook 10636 language english character set encoding iso 8859 1 start of this project gutenberg ebook the travels of marco polo volume 1 produced by charles franks robert connal john williams and pg distributed proofreaders the travels of marco polo the complete yule cordier edition illustration h yule. The travels of marco polo volume 1 book read 6 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers this book was converted from its physical editi