There are many different editions. Gabriella Ronchi (email to B.
Wehr, 21 April 2004) gave her permission; Mondadori in an email dated
29 November 2004 (signed electronically by Emanuela Canali) says that
they no longer hold the rights to it.
The source of the Marco Polo's
Milione is a bewildering set of manuscripts. While he was
imprisoned in a Genoese jail, the Venetian Marco Polo recounted his
journey to the east of 25 years' duration to a fellow captive,
Rustichello da Pisa, a writer of romances. The final text seems to have
been in a mixture of French and Italian, imbued with the amanuensis's
propensity to romance. It was completed in 1298. There were manuscript
and printed versions continuing thereafter, including one copy
annotated by Christopher Columbus.
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