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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... India, jewels from Sri Lanka, and bales of silk, muslin, and brocade from Baghdad and Mosul (Iraq), and China. Notaries recorded details of contracts being drawn up for future voyages. Prosperity was beautifying the city. Elegant stone ...
... India and elsewhere store their wares and merchandise.” Chinese sources say that some of these storage facilities had more than one thousand rooms. To prevent any fire. oops! one oddity of polo's description of Kinsai is that polo does ...
... India, southwestern Asia, and eastern Africa. The seaport at Zaiton (modern Quanzhou) astounded Polo even more than Hangzhou. At this port, about 400 miles (645 km) south of Hangzhou, many foreign ships came to trade. It was “the port ...
... India or China. Instead, cara- vans from central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula brought Chinese porcelain and silks and Indian pepper and cinnamon to Black Sea and Mediterranean ports, where Venice and other Italian cities had trading ...
... India, appar- ently wanted to reestablish ties with Western Christianity. Nothing came of the meeting, and modern scholars debate whether John was a real Nestorian clergyman or an impostor. Another Asian priest named John captured more ...
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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 |