Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls
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This short selection comes from the travel account of Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant who journeyed through distant lands and wrote down what he saw. Here he turns his attention to India, describing its customs and the ways of its people. He also relates a legend about a king who is said to have died eighty-four times, and he explains how diamonds were collected from caves infested with snakes. The narrative mixes wonder, observation and tall tales, offering a glimpse of how a medieval European traveller understood a world far from home.
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