History 350 Book Review The Travels Of Marco Polo Translated and Introduced By Ronald Latham Abaris Books Inc. New York This is a paper that will take a look at one of the most important books in history. A European merchant named Marco Polo wrote down the book in 1297 or 1298. His book was a primary source for knowledge on the Far East. Marco Polo himself was probable the only one to travel by his routs for …showed first 75 words of 3430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3430 total…century later the spirit of exploration was again sending travelers to distant lands and one of them who was familiar with Marco Polo's tale of a rich land to the east set out to the west to sail around the world. His name was Christopher Columbus. So you see it is hard for us to ignore Marco Polo and it is even harder to measure the impact his little book has had on the world.