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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... port known today as Sudak, Ukraine. Nicolo had a son, also named Marco. This Marco Polo is the one who later wrote the famous work, known in English as The Travels. One manuscript (hand-written copy) of that book says that when Marco ...
... ports, ranging from Tunis in North Africa to Constantinople, and how these compare to the weights and measures used in Venice. A merchant had to know all these variations to avoid being cheated. The regulations concerning the size of ...
... port at the head of a bay opening into the 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 ...
... port, about 400 miles (645 km) south of Hangzhou, many foreign ships came to trade. It was “the port for all the ships that arrive from India laden with costly wares and precious stones of great price and big pearls of fine quality ...
... ports along the Black Sea. China was still thousands of miles away, the other side of a vast region dominated by Islamic rulers. Venice's Rialto was crowded with Germans, Armenians, Slavs, and other foreign merchants but no one from ...
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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 |