Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The “Marco Polo Maps” and the Polo Family 15
6. 2. Who Was “Biaxio Sirdomap”? 28
7. 3. To the Distant East 38
8. 4. The Daughters’ Maps 56
9. 5. Chronicles and Histories 68
10. 6. Maps of the New World 88
11. 7. Conclusions and Future Directions 98
12. Acknowledgments 123
13. Appendix 1: An Inventory of the Documents 125
14. Appendix 2: A Partial Genealogy of the Rossi Family 129
15. Appendix 3: Genealogy of the Family of Marco Polo the Traveller 131
16. Notes 133
17. Bibliography 155
18. Index 167