Marco Polo Quotes About India

The wealth of new geographic information recorded by polo was widely used by european navigators.

Marco polo quotes about india. His travels are recorded in the travels of marco polo also known as book of the marvels of the world and il milione c. Marco polo m r k o p o l o. They live by trade and handicrafts and they have plenty of silk. For decency only do they wear a scrap of cloth.

The sole local grain produced here is rice. I have not told the half of what i saw. Marco polo quotes and sayings page 1. Marco polo quotes showing 1 9 of 9 i have not told the half of what i saw marco polo 34 likes.

Yeah i pretty much never sit by the pool anymore. The prosperity of india in the medieval times as quoted by the travellers and historians of that time. The customs of the kingdoms of india 134 ratings open preview. Moments are born and moments die.

The most prosperous of all in the world he had seen. 1300 a book that. Marco polo calls this the richest and most splendid province in the world one that together with ceylon produces most of the pearls and gems that are to be found in the world. Prudish marco was quite shocked when he landed in kerala.

People use only their right hand for eating saving the left for sundry unclean tasks. Here is a collection of marco polo quotes and sayings on exploration culture travel story law china india book flavor men atheism food kings science etc. Marco polo on malabar region of india. Like i did not write half of what i saw for i knew i would not be believed.

The emperors mint then is in this same city of cambaluc and you might say he hath the secret of alchemy in perfection and you would be right. We have gathered few of his sayings from his book and life. His account of those travels known in english as the travels of marco polo is a classic. I guess whether we choose to travel as much as marco polo did or stay in the same spot from cradle to grave life is a sequence of births and deaths.

In all this province of malabar there is never a tailor to cut a coat or stitch it seeing that everybody goes naked. 1254 january 89 1324 was a venetian merchant explorer and writer who travelled through asia along the silk road between 1271 and 1295. Each time i say good bye to a place i like i feel like i am leaving a part of me behind. The people are idolaters use paper money and are subject to the great kaan.

The militant muslim is the person who beheads the infidel while the moderate muslim holds the feet of the victim.