Travels in the Orient : In Marco Polo's Footsteps

In the 13th cent., an exceptional book, Description of the WorldÓ was pub.; it told of the adventures of a Venetian named Marco Polo. The Travels of Marco PoloÓ became a bible for all travelers & made its author very famous. Cheneviere decided to make the same journey, to see for himself the landscapes & monuments that his eyes had seen. Over the course of many trips, he made this magnificent journey. This beautiful album offers the most faithful portrait possible of the sea & the routes the illustrious Venetian & his companions took, through Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan, many regions of China, Burma, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, the Nicobar Islands, the Coromandel Coast, India, the Hormuz Straits & back to the Mediterranean. Color photos.Cheneviere, Alain is the author of 'Travels in the Orient : In Marco Polo's Footsteps', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422351956 and ISBN 1422351955.