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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Diana Childress. For Steve, from Venice to China and beyond, traveling companion sans pareil Primary source material in this text is printed over an antique-paper texture. The image on the cover is of the Polos leaving Venice to begin ...
Diana Childress. CO NTE NTS ' CHAPTER ONE VENICE, ISLAND CIT)I OF MERCHANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER Two . TI'IE FABULOUS EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . I8 CHAPTER THREE TRAVELING ACROSS ASIA . . . . . . . . 36 CHAPTER ...
... Venice), 1275. The. urge to explore, to travel and to learn about other countries and people and even to fly out into ... Venice today is the most beautiful and pleasant city in the to the thirteenth century. Many factors contributed to ...
... Venice on a twenty-four-year journey to China. The middle-aged man who returned to Venice was bursting with newfound knowledge to share. The book he wrote about Asia (known in English as The Travels of Marco Polo) was a pivotal moment ...
... 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. The capital of the Byzantine Empire ...
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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 |