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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... into every continent goes back Venice today is the most beautiful and pleasant city in the to the thirteenth century. Many factors contributed to the rise. 4 Chapter One: Venice, Island City Of Merchants.
to the thirteenth century. Many factors contributed to the rise of Europe and, later, the United States as world pow- ers. But one key moment in that seismic shift was the day in 1271 when Marco Polo, a bright, curious teenager, ...
In the early thirteenth century, French leaders sent envoys to Venice to charter ships and food supplies for forty-five hun- dred knights and twenty thousand foot soldiers for a Fourth Crusade.
After his mother died, some- time before 1269, young Marco would have been looked after by other relatives, perhaps his grandmother or his Aunt Flora and her husband. Thirteenth-century Venice was an exciting place to grow up.
Hangzhou was only the largest of many big cities in thirteenth- century China. During the Song dynasty (from 960 to 1234 in northern China and to 1279 in southern China), China's population increased rapidly. Official censuses show that ...
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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 |
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