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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... manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England. Copyright © 2008 by Diana Childress All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any ...
... manuscript (hand-written copy) of that book says that when Marco was born in 1254, his father and Uncle Maffeo were away on business and that they did not see him until he was fifteen. We can only imagine what it was like for a young ...
... manuscript that no longer survives. But it was far larger than Venice. The walls around Hangzhou measured about 11 miles (18 km). Crowded into this space and spill- ing out over the walls, the population in the 1270s was one million—or ...
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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 |