The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 54
Tavernier reaches the reader through the traces of a traveler: observations carried across distance and preserved in the margins of another journey. He feels like a careful witness to unfamiliar places, though the account leaves his appearance and temperament unpictured.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 54
- Books
- 1
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier appears as a later traveler whose writings are cited on the climate of Bander Abbási, the simúm wind, musk pods, and Persian almanacs known as Tacuim. His role in the account is that of a source whose observations extend Marco Polo's descriptions; no personal arc or relationships are given.
Description
Tavernier's physical appearance is not described. The text specifies no build, coloring, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, or distinctive accessories.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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