The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Jonas Hanway
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 101
A name attached to an unfamiliar sight on English streets: the umbrella, carried with a confidence that made it seem less a curiosity than a small declaration of independence from the weather. The man himself remains elusive, glimpsed more through the object he made notable than through any recorded portrait.
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 101
- Books
- 1
Jonas Hanway is remembered here for his association with the early adoption of the umbrella in England. The record offers no account of his personal life or broader course, leaving his place in this context bound to that practical and once-unusual accessory.
Description
No reliable physical description is provided, so his appearance cannot be specified without invention. A historically grounded depiction may show him in eighteenth-century English clothing, with an umbrella as the clearest identifying accessory. His face, coloring, hair, eyes, height, and build are undocumented.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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