Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo (Links to an external site.).

This province produces great quantities of excellent white incense, and also dates in great abundance. No grain is grown here except rice, and not much of that; but it is imported from abroad at a big profit. Fish is plentiful, notably tunnies of large size, which are so abundant that two of them can be bought for a Venetian groat. The staple diet consists of rice, meat, and fish.



What is the author’s reason for writing this text?

Answer 1

C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

to inform the reader about the products and foods that a region offers

Step-by-step explanation:

Books that tell about travels are called travelogues. There are few reasons for writing such a book:

1) informing readers about landscape, place, customs, culture, region etc.

2) persuading readers to visit a specific location

3) entertaining readers with stories of travel and following adventures

This particular excerpt is purely informational; it provides some basic information on foods and products of a given region, without giving any details of the trip itself or trying to persuade readers to visit the place.