Description: "A lavishly illustrated tour of the famed adventurer's globetrotting travels, written by a celebrated translator of Polo's writings."--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Sharon Kinoshita is professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her many publications include an annotated translation of Marco Polo's Description of the World.
Review Quotes: "With Marco Polo and His World, Sharon Kinoshita, author of the celebrated translation of Marco Polo's Description of the World, offers her readers a second indispensable gift: a deeply researched, accessible account of key contexts illuminating Marco Polo's multiple and interlocking worlds - Latin Christian, Islamicate, Byzantine and Mongol. Delivering on the promise of the "Global Middle Ages" with equal parts verve and care, this appealing and lucid volume wears its tremendous learning lightly and will intrigue and edify general readers and specialists alike."--Shirin A. Khanmohamadi, San Francisco State University