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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... emperor. But when the Venetians and the French Crusaders settled down for the winter there, planning to set sail for the Holy Land in the spring, war broke out anew. They managed to hold the city, and in a frenzy of revenge and greed ...
... emperor napoleon shipped the horses to paris. they were restored to Venice after napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. these famous horses moved again in the 1970s. after noticing that industrial pollution from the ...
... emperor was only a child. Mongol rule of China brought many changes to both the Mongol and the Chinese way of life. Were nicolo and Maffeo polo really the first europeans to meet Kublai Khan? according to one Chinese source, a group of ...
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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 |