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I was lucky to born on an island. I was born on the islands of Manhattan in New York. It was a small world. I was born here and was immensely in love with it. As I grew up I realized that this place belongs to me and I belong to it. Thereafter I never hesitated to move along anywhere in Manhattan. I roamed to please myself. I watched what I desired and wished. I enquired about the things I wanted to know about. Of course, while I was young I did not go far away. But as I grew in a real sense, I gathered courage. I started exploring it. I walked down through every lane of New York. जन्माला यावे, ते एखाद्या रम्य बेटावर. हे भाग्य मला लाभले. न्यूयॉर्कमधल्या ‘मॅनहटन’ या रम्य बेटावर माझा जन्म झाला. ‘मॅनहटन’ म्हणजे एक लहानसे जगच होते. अशा या जगात मी जन्माला आलो आणि अगदी सुरुवातीपासून त्याच्यावर माझा जीव जडला. कळू लागल्यापासून मला वाटू लागले की, हे गाव माझे आहे आणि मी या गावचा आहे. आणि मग या माझ्या गावात मोकळ्या अंगाने कुठेही हिंडायला मला कधी काही वाटले नाही. मन मानेल तसे भटकावे, पाहिजे ते बघावे, पाहिजे त्याची चौकशी करावी. अर्थात नाकळता होतो, तेव्हा मी फार लांब भटकत नव्हतो; पण लवकरच मी कळता झालो. धीट झालो आणि न्यूयॉर्कची गल्लीनगल्ली पालथी घातली.

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Now in a handsome and newly revised hardcover edition: the extraordinary travelogue that has enthralled readers for more than seven centuries. Marco Polo''s vivid descriptions of the splendid cities and people he encountered on his journey along the Silk Road through the Middle East, South Asia, and China opened a window for his Western readers onto the fascinations of the East and continued to grow in popularity over the succeeding centuries. To a contemporary audience, his colorful stories--and above all, his breathtaking description of the court of the great Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor of China--offer dazzling portraits of worlds long gone. The classic Marsden and Wright translation of The Travels has been revised and updated by Peter Harris, with new notes, a bibliography, and an introduction by award-winning travel writer Colin Thubron.

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