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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For centuries Constantinople was the center of trade for both luxury goods from Asia and raw materials from Europe. With no land to farm, Venice depended entirely on trading salt and fish for other goods.
One Venetian trading ship called itself The Whole World, probably because at one time or another it contained goods from every area known at that time. Venetian wealth grew, and the city grew with it. In the mid-eleventh century, ...
Acre (in Israel) became major centers of Venetian trade. Other port cities also supplied ships for the Crusaders, especially Genoa and Pisa. A strong rivalry developed among the three Italian cities as they started trading colonies in ...
Over the next fifty years, the Venetian economy boomed. Almost every citizen benefited—or hoped to. In other parts of Europe, the nobility held large tracts of land and looked down their noses on merchants who grew rich on trade.
Commoners and priests also invested in trading ventures. Men willing to do the traveling and negotiating did not need to put up any cash. If the journey was successful, they earned one-quarter of the profits. A pilgrim traveling through ...
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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 |