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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... merchants!” Among the many nobles who formed private trading companies were the three Polo brothers: Marco, Nicolo, and Maffeo. Legal documents show that their business was spread across at least three cities. Besides their home in ...
... merchants, dressed in foreign fashions and speaking many languages, warehoused and traded their goods. Shops of artisans spilled out into narrow footpaths, where nobles on horseback and drivers of pack mules picked their way. Money ...
... MerChanT's. eDuCaTion. Young Marco did not attend school—Venice had none. Well-to-do parents hired teachers to tutor ... merchants, sons of Venetian nobles also learned arithmetic. In 1202 Leonardo Fibonacci, a mathematician from Pisa ...
... merchants might face, such as determining how to distribute profits among three partners who have invested. reaDing. roMan. nuMerals. although europeans were beginning to use arabic numerals in polo's lifetime, the old habit of roman ...
... merchant had to know all these variations to avoid being cheated. The regulations concerning the size of bales of ... merchants bought and sold. Ginger, according to the notebook, should be long, smooth, and firm. A mer- chant should ...
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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 |