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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... numerals (1, 2, 3, and so on, as opposed to Roman numerals, I, II, III) to Europeans. Hand-written copies of his Book of the Abacus circulated throughout Europe. A student notebook from fourteenth-century Venice gives.
Diana Childress. circulated throughout Europe. A student notebook from fourteenth-century Venice gives an idea of the kinds of lessons Marco Polo learned. In about half of the notebook, the student wrote out math prob- lems that ...
... European countries fill several pages. Students probably memorized all these sizes because in many ports, bales of cloth substituted for money. The student also wrote down how to evaluate the vari- ous goods merchants bought and sold ...
... Europe. Like all the streets of the city—and even some of the highways of China—it was paved with stone slabs and bricks. Along this street, Polo says, gentlemen and ladies rode in “a continuous procession of long carriages decked with ...
... Europe that the English word satin is derived from its name. The number of ships was staggering. Polo assures his readers that “for one spice ship that goes to Alexandria [in Egypt] or else- where to pick up pepper for export to ...
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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 |