The Travels of Marco Polo · Character

Trotter

  • Supporting
  • First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 67

Trotter comes into view as a captain whose name is attached to a measured journey of exploration. He has the air of a practical figure at the edge of a map, present through the routes and reports others carry forward.

Gender
male
Age
Adult (19th century)
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 67
Books
1

Trotter is mentioned as a captain who sent a Moonshee to survey the Oxus. His route is compared with Marco Polo's, but the text supplies no further biography or account of his own travels.

Description

Trotter is not physically described. Though identified as an adult captain in a nineteenth-century context, his height, build, coloring, hair, eyes, clothing, and distinguishing features are not recorded.

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  1. BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

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