The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Balducci Pegolotti
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 16
Balducci Pegolotti is evoked through the practical promise of a merchant’s handbook: a world of routes, distances, and trade made legible on the page. The reference makes him feel like a careful observer of journeys, though it offers no personal portrait.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult (14th century)
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 16
- Books
- 1
Balducci Pegolotti is named as the author of a fourteenth-century mercantile handbook describing the overland trade route to China. Beyond this connection to commerce and travel, the account gives no personal history, relationships, or character arc.
Description
No physical description of Balducci Pegolotti is provided. He is identified as a male adult author of the fourteenth century, but his build, coloring, hair, eyes, facial features, and clothing remain unspecified.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Appearances
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