Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd EditionTwenty-First Century Books, 2013年1月1日 - 132 頁 Can 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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... Kinsai [hangzhou, China], whose name means “City of heaven.” it well merits a description because itiswithout doubt the finest and most splendid city in the world. —Marco Polo, the travels, 1299. The. Venetians were proud of their city ...
Diana Childress. “The. CiTy. oF. heaVen”. Hangzhou (which Marco Polo called Kinsai) was only one of many great Chinese cities that flourished in the 1200s. This busy port at the head of a bay opening into the East China Sea was not 100 ...
... Kinsai for its own use amounts to 43 cart-loads, each cart- load consisting of 223 lb. [100 kilograms].” Polo's merchant's eye also noticed the “large stone buildings, in which all the merchants who come from India and elsewhere store ...
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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 |