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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Diana Childress. ChapTer Two. T. he. FaBulous. easT. for three days' journey from Changan [Xian, China] the traveler passes through a fine country full of thriving towns and villages, living by commerce and industry. . . . then he reaches ...
... East China Sea was not 100 miles (160 km) in circumference nor did it boast twelve thousand bridges, as Polo's book says. These are either exaggerations or mistakes made by a scribe copying an early manuscript that no longer survives ...
... East and the South China seas, while oceangoing junks rode the monsoon winds to trade in the East Indies, India, southwestern Asia, and eastern Africa. The seaport at Zaiton (modern Quanzhou) astounded Polo even more than Hangzhou. At ...
... easT: MonsTers, Dragons, anD uniCorns Europeans, however, knew nothing of the great cities and wealth of China before Polo's book. Before the thirteenth century, few Christians from Europe traveled farther east than the Holy Land or ...
... East, medieval writers claimed, lived cynocephali, people who had the heads of dogs. Sciopods hopped around on only one leg and used their single foot as a sunshade on hot days. Blemmyae had heads that grew beneath their shoulders ...
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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 |