Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo
Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 30,75 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Asia
ISBN :
Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 30,75 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Asia
ISBN :
Author : Marco Polo
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1866 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Travel
ISBN :
The Voyages of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo's travels through Asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. The Travels is divided into four books. Book One describes the lands of the Middle East and Central Asia that Marco encountered on his way to China. Book Two describes China and the court of Kublai Khan. Book Three describes some of the coastal regions of the East: Japan, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, and the east coast of Africa. Book Four describes some of the then-recent wars among the Mongols and some of the regions of the far north, like Russia. Polo's writings included descriptions of cannibals and spice-growers.
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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761454335
Recounts the life of the great explorer who traveled more than thirty thousand miles by land and sea from Italy to China in the thirteenth century, and who was instrumental in opening up the East to Europeans.
Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Asia
ISBN :
Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Asia
ISBN :
A retelling of Marco Polo's chronicles of his journey to the court of the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan, in the thirteenth century and his lesser-known voyages. The narrative has been abridged and adapted with omissions for young readers.
Author : John Critchley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1351919970
Marco Polo and his book may seem to have been well served by scholars, yet the majority have been concerned to write about his travels in Asia, what he did or did not see, and how useful he is as a source on the East. John Critchley’s subject, on the other hand, is the text of Polo’s book itself and the political and ideological context - the crusades, the Mongol missions, the French presence in Italy - in which it was put together by its author(s), and read by its audience. The homogeneity of the ’original’ Franco-Italian text and the accepted relationship between this text and the Latin recensions is tested by computer analysis. An examination of vocabulary and other textual features draws out the different attitudes and contributions of Polo himself and his various editors and translators. Critchley’s book will be of interest not only to those concerned with the history of later medieval Europe but also to specialists in medieval Asia, who will find it useful to know about the background and composition of so famous and frequently cited a work. On pourrait penser que Marco Polo et son livre ont été amplement débattus par les spécialistes en la matière, cependant la majorité a surtout écrit à propos de ses voyages en Asie, ce qu’il avait ou n’avait pas vu et sur son utilité en tant que source de références sur l’Orient. Le sujet traité par John Critchley par contre, est le texte même du livre de Polo, ainsi que le contexte politique et ideologique - les croisades, les missions mongoles, la présence française en Italie - dans lequel il a été composé par son ou ses auteurs et dans lequel ses lecteurs ont pu le lire. L’homogeneïté du texte franco-italien d’origine et le rapport accepté entre celui-ci et les révisions latines ont été analysés par ordinateur. Un examen du vocabulaire et d’autres caractéristiques littéraires fait transparaître les différences d’attitudes et de contributions entre Polo
Author : Benjamin B. Olshin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 022614982X
Concerns a collection of maps and associated documents claimed to be from Marco Polo's time or that of his daughters (as many of the maps have the name or one or another of the three daughters on them). Discusses provenance, authenticity, and history of the documents, known to scholars as "the Marco Polo Maps" since 1948, here discussed fully for the first time.
Author : Laurence Bergreen
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
In this authoritative biography of one of the most fascinating figures in world history, Marco Polos incredible odyssey--along the Silk Road and through all the fantastic circumstances of his life--is chronicled in sumptuous and illuminating detail. Illustrated.
Author : Timothy Severin
Publisher : Peter Bedrick Books
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Using the great explorer's journals as a guide, Severin retraces his route from Venice to the Kindu Kush on motorcycle.
Author : Marco Polo
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 23,50 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
Gleaned during his voyage along the coasts of India, Marco Polos mystified reports include the story of a giant bird that eats elephants, along with many other tales both reliable and fantastical.