The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Pietro Martire d'Anghiera
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 15
Pietro Martire d’Anghiera has the air of a man who gathers distant events into words, attentive to what a journey leaves behind as well as where it goes. His brief appearance as a chronicler lends the page a quiet, scholarly authority.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 15
- Books
- 1
Pietro Martire d’Anghiera enters this account not as a traveller in the foreground but as a historian whose writing is cited in connection with Pinzón’s voyage. His role is that of a recorder, carrying another expedition into the written record. Beyond this scholarly function, the text offers no personal arc or further details.
Description
The text identifies Pietro Martire d’Anghiera as an Italian historian and chronicler but gives no physical description. His age beyond adulthood, height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and distinguishing marks are not specified.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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