He recounted his adventures to his cellmate, Rustichello from "summary" of Marco Polo by Laurence Bergreen
The Venetian traveler found himself in a Genoese prison, captive of the Republic's fierce rival. He had been captured during a naval battle between the two maritime powers, and now he languished in a cramped cell, his future uncertain. But Marco Polo was not a man to be easily cowed by his circumstances. Though confined, he possessed a restless spirit that could not be contained by mere stone walls. In his loneliness, he sought solace in sharing his remarkable experiences with his fellow prisoner, a scribe named Rustichello. The two men passed the time by recounting tales of distant lands and exotic peoples, each trying to outdo the other with stories of adventure and wonder. Marco Polo's narrative was a tapestry woven from the threads of his travels, a grand epic of epic proportions that stirred the imagination and fired the soul. As he spoke, his eyes would light up with the fire of memory, and his hands would move in graceful arcs as if tracing the contours of the world he des...
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