| Evidence: | 'Finished Marco Polo, a very curious book for the time in which it was written, wonderfully accurate in the account of the people bating his miracles [...] which was the fault of his age rather than himself.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 5 Sep 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Benjamin Newton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1762 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Rector and J.P |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Marco Polo |
| Title: | The Travels of Marco Polo |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | trans. W Marsden |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5405 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Benjamin Newton | |
| Editor: | C.P. Fendall | |
| Title: | The Dairy of Benjamin Newton, Rector of Wath, 1816-1819 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1933 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 223 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Dairy of Benjamin Newton, Rector of Wath, 1816-1819 (Cambridge, 1933), p. 223, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5405, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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