Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd EditionCan one book really change the world? A handwritten manuscript by Marco Polo in 1288 did. Polo, son of a wealthy Italian merchant, wrote about his incredible experiences traveling to China with his father and uncle on a trade expedition, and also about his adventures as an envoy of Kublai Khan, the ruler of most of China. Polo’s book became a bestseller in Europe in the fourteenth century. It was copied over and over by hand, translated into fourteen languages, and became one of the first books to be printed after the invention of moveable type. The tales inspired others—including Christopher Columbus in the fifteenth century—to seek new sea routes for trade. Polo’s adventures—and manuscript—are one of world history’s most pivotal moments. |
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Venice stands on 118 small, flat islands packed closely together in a shallow, crescent-shaped lagoon tucked into the northeastern coast of Italy. A barrier of narrow sandbanks protects the lagoon from stormy seas and enemy ships.
In the sixth century, Venice and other ports on the northeastern coast of Italy became part of the Byzantine Empire (a.d. 527 to 1453), which included what are now Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
A Swiss monk, writing in the late ninth century, described Venetian traders in the Italian city of Pavia as selling peacock feathers, fine fabrics from Tyre (in what is now Lebanon), embroidered silks, and ermine skins.
A strong rivalry developed among the three Italian cities as they started trading colonies in the Crusader states. In the early thirteenth century, French leaders sent envoys to Venice to charter ships and food supplies for forty-five ...
the great bronze horses that the Venetians took from Constantinople also attracted another famous looter. in 1797, after seizing control of northern italy, french emperor napoleon shipped the horses to paris. they were restored to ...
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Traveling Across Asia | 36 |
Marco Polo In China | 54 |
Marco Polos Book | 68 |
Marco Polos Legacy | 84 |
Primary Source Research | 94 |
Primary Source Document | 104 |
Whos Who? | 114 |
Source Notes | 120 |
Bibliography | 124 |
Further Reading | 126 |
Websites | 127 |
Index | 128 |
About The AuthorPhoto Acknowledgments | 132 |
Back Cover | 134 |
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| 書名 | Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd Edition Pivotal Moments in History |
| 作者 | Diana Childress |
| 版本 | 修訂 |
| 出版者 | Twenty-First Century Books, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1467703796, 9781467703796 |
| 頁數 | 132 頁 |
| 匯出書目資料 | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |