Marco Polo and the discovery of the world

Images of Asia and the coming of the Mongols

The Polos

Marco Polo and Rustichello

The making of the book

The description of the world

Varieties of the book

Marco, merchants and missionaries

Marco among the humanists

Columbus and after

Jesuits, imperialists and a conclusion

A note on manuscripts of the book

Times of travel to China by land

Marco Polo and world maps of the fifteenth century.