Bare details -- Why go at all? -- Missionaries nose to tail -- Prester John and the Magi -- Not an itinerary -- Ghost writer and the first fan -- Language of the text -- Omissions and inclusions -- Ice-cream and spaghetti -- Walls within walls -- He missed the biggest wall -- Who were the Polos? -- Was it China? -- Significant absence

1. Polo
2. Marco
3. 1254-1323? Travels of Marco Polo
4. Voyages and travels -- Historiography
5. Explorers -- Italy -- Biography
6. China -- Description and travel -- History