The Travels of Marco Polo is the classic account of Marco Polo’s journey to China from Venice, and his discoveries as an emissary to the great Kublai Khan. Polo explores everywhere from Baghdad, Armenia and Russia to the Caspian Sea, the Gobi Desert and the small angling villages of China, explaining the geography, structures and customs of the exotic areas. He tells tales of assassins, cannibals, fantastical animals, feasts and fights, and gives a fascinating account from the multicultural empire of Kublai Khan. The Moves is thought to have inspired the voyages of Magellan and Columbus, the latter having held an annotated duplicate among his belongings. It remains perhaps one of the most engaging travelogues in existence.