His Quotes.
"When a man is riding through this desert by night and for some reason -falling asleep or anything else -he gets separated from his companions
and wants to rejoin them, he hears spirit voices talking to him as if they were his companions, sometimes even calling him by name. Often these voices lure him
away from the path and he never finds it again, and many travelers have got lost and died because of this. Sometimes in the night travelers hear a noise like the
clatter of a great company of riders away from the road; if they believe that these are some of their own company and head for the noise, they find themselves
in deep trouble when daylight comes and they realize their mistake. There were some who, in crossing the desert, have been a host of men coming towards them
and, suspecting that they were robbers, returning, they have gone hopelessly astray....Even by daylight men hear these spirit voices, and often you fancy you
are listening to the strains of many instruments, especially drums, and the clash of arms. For this reason bands of travelers make a point of keeping very
close together. Before they go to sleep they set up a sign pointing in the direction in which they have to travel, and round the necks of all their beasts
they fasten little bells, so that by listening to the sound they may prevent them from straying off the path."
---- Marco Polo, Travels
" They knelt before him and made obeisance with the utmost humility. The Great Khan bade them rise and received them honorably and entertained them with good cheer. He asked many questions about their condition and how they fared after their departure. The brothers assured him that they had indeed fared well, since they found him well and flourishing. Then they presented the privileges and letters which the Pope had sent, with which he was greatly pleased, and handed over the holy oil, which he received with joy and prized very hightly. When the Great Khan saw Marco, who was then a young stripling, he asked who he was. 'Sir' said Messer Niccolo, 'he is my son and your liege man.' 'He is heartly welcome,' said the Khan. What need to make a long story of it? Great indeed were the mirth and merry-making with which the Great khan and all his Court welcomed the arrival of these emissaries. And they were well served and attended to in all their needs. They stayed at Court and had a place of honor above the other barons."
Most Famous Quote
"I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as we have said in the first
chapter of this book, no other man, Christian or Saracen, Mongol or pagan, has explored so much of the world as Messer Marco, son of Messer Niccolo Polo, great
and noble citizen of the city of Venice."
and wants to rejoin them, he hears spirit voices talking to him as if they were his companions, sometimes even calling him by name. Often these voices lure him
away from the path and he never finds it again, and many travelers have got lost and died because of this. Sometimes in the night travelers hear a noise like the
clatter of a great company of riders away from the road; if they believe that these are some of their own company and head for the noise, they find themselves
in deep trouble when daylight comes and they realize their mistake. There were some who, in crossing the desert, have been a host of men coming towards them
and, suspecting that they were robbers, returning, they have gone hopelessly astray....Even by daylight men hear these spirit voices, and often you fancy you
are listening to the strains of many instruments, especially drums, and the clash of arms. For this reason bands of travelers make a point of keeping very
close together. Before they go to sleep they set up a sign pointing in the direction in which they have to travel, and round the necks of all their beasts
they fasten little bells, so that by listening to the sound they may prevent them from straying off the path."
---- Marco Polo, Travels
" They knelt before him and made obeisance with the utmost humility. The Great Khan bade them rise and received them honorably and entertained them with good cheer. He asked many questions about their condition and how they fared after their departure. The brothers assured him that they had indeed fared well, since they found him well and flourishing. Then they presented the privileges and letters which the Pope had sent, with which he was greatly pleased, and handed over the holy oil, which he received with joy and prized very hightly. When the Great Khan saw Marco, who was then a young stripling, he asked who he was. 'Sir' said Messer Niccolo, 'he is my son and your liege man.' 'He is heartly welcome,' said the Khan. What need to make a long story of it? Great indeed were the mirth and merry-making with which the Great khan and all his Court welcomed the arrival of these emissaries. And they were well served and attended to in all their needs. They stayed at Court and had a place of honor above the other barons."
Most Famous Quote
"I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as we have said in the first
chapter of this book, no other man, Christian or Saracen, Mongol or pagan, has explored so much of the world as Messer Marco, son of Messer Niccolo Polo, great
and noble citizen of the city of Venice."
Book
Marco Polo Travels...... Yes only one book.