Marco Polo And The Realm Of Kublai Khan
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Marco Polo And The Realm Of Kublai Khan
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Author : Tim McNeese
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Marco Polo And The Realm Of Kublai Khan written by Tim McNeese and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Asia categories.
In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo traveled from Venice to meet the great ruler of the east, Kublai Khan. This ruler of the enormous Mongol Empire invited Polo into his service; thus began Polo's 25 years of travel to the far corners of the Mongol empire. Wh
Marco Polo S China
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Author : Stephen G. Haw
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-11-22
Marco Polo S China written by Stephen G. Haw and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-22 with History categories.
Marco Polo’s famous book about his journey to China, written in 1298, continues to be a subject of considerable controversy. One recent work on the subject argues that Marco Polo never went to China at all, and other scholars have pointed out apparent mistakes and important omissions in Marco’s writings, including his failure to mention the Great Wall, and his apparently erroneous description of the course of the Yellow River. Haw re-examines Marco Polo’s writings. The main arguments against his credibility have been negative, concentrating on things that it is argued he should have seen and noted but did not. The most serious of these supposed omissions are generally said to be his failure to describe the Chinese writing system, tea, foot-binding and the Great Wall of China. Yet Haw argues that what he does mention is impressive and argues strongly for his veracity. This book clarifies Marco Polo’s itineraries in China and proposes several new identifications of places mentioned. Relying extensively on original Chinese sources and supplemented by Haw’s wide knowledge of China, Marco Polo’s China presents a convincing argument and concludes that his work is an accurate, important and useful source from an extraordinary period of Chinese history.
Marco Polo S China
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Author : Stephen G. Haw
language : en
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Release Date : 2006
Marco Polo S China written by Stephen G. Haw and has been published by RoutledgeCurzon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Marco Poloâe(tm)s famous book about his journey to China, written in 1298, continues to be a subject of considerable controversy. One recent work on the subject argues that Marco Polo never went to China at all, and other scholars have pointed out apparent mistakes and important omissions in Marcoâe(tm)s writings, including his failure to mention the Great Wall, and his apparently erroneous description of the course of the Yellow River. Haw re-examines Marco Poloâe(tm)s writings. The main arguments against his credibility have been negative, concentrating on things that it is argued he should have seen and noted but did not. The most serious of these supposed omissions are generally said to be his failure to describe the Chinese writing system, tea, foot-binding and the Great Wall of China. Yet Haw argues that what he does mention is impressive and argues strongly for his veracity. This book clarifies Marco Poloâe(tm)s itineraries in China and proposes several new identifications of places mentioned. Relying extensively on original Chinese sources and supplemented by Hawâe(tm)s wide knowledge of China, Marco Poloâe(tm)s China presents a convincing argument and concludes that his work is an accurate, important and useful source from an extraordinary period of Chinese history.
The Travels Of Marco Polo
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Author : Marco Polo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
The Travels Of Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Asia categories.
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.
Marco Polo
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Author : Michael Burgan
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2002
Marco Polo written by Michael Burgan and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer whose book about his travels across Asia and work for Kubla Khan helped to launch the Age of Exploration.
Marco Polo
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Author : Laurence Bergreen
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2007
Marco Polo written by Laurence Bergreen and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Kublai Khan
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Author : John Man
language : en
Publisher: Bantam Press
Release Date : 2006
Kublai Khan written by John Man and has been published by Bantam Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan; A stately pleasure dome decree. Kublai Khan lives on in the popular imagination thanks to these two lines of poetry by Coleridge. But, the true story behind this legend is even more fantastic than the poem would have us believe. He inherited the second largest land empire in history from his grandfather, Genghis Khan. He, promptly, set about extending this into the biggest empire the world has ever seen, extending his rule from China to Iraq, from Siberia to Afghanistan. His personal domain covered sixty-percent of all Asia, and one-fifth of the world's land area. The West first learnt of this great Khan through the reports of Marco Polo. Kublai had not been born to rule, but had clawed his way to leadership, achieving power only in his 40s. He had inherited Genghis Khan's great dream of world domination. But, unlike his grandfather, he saw China and not Mongolia as the key to controlling power and turned Genghis' unwieldy empire into a federation.
The Travels Of Marco Polo
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Author : Marco Polo
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2012-08-29
The Travels Of Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-29 with History categories.
Marco Polo’s account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange sights, historical legends, and much more. From the dazzling courts of Kublai Khan to the perilous deserts of Persia, no book contains a richer magazine of marvels than the Travels. This edition, selected and edited by the great scholar Manuel Komroff, also features the classic and stylistically brilliant Marsden translation, revised and corrected, as well as Komroff’s Introduction to the 1926 edition.
Travels Of Marco Polo
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Author : Marco Polo
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2004-10-05
Travels Of Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-05 with History categories.
His journey through the East began in 1271—when, still a teenager, he set out of Venice and found himself traversing the most exotic countries. His acceptance into the court of the great emperor Kublai Khan, and his service to the vast and dazzling Mongol empire, led him to places as far away as Tibet and Burma, lands rich with gems and gold and silk, but virtually unknown to Europeans. Later, as a prisoner of war, Marco Polo would record the details of his remarkable travels across harsh deserts, great mountain ranges, and dangerous seas, as well as of his encounters with beasts and birds, plants and people. His amazing chronicle is both fascinating and awe-inspiring—and still serves as the most vivid depiction of the mysterious East in the Middle Ages. Edited and with an Introduction by Milton Rugoff and an Afterword by Howard Mittelmark
The Travels Of Marco Polo
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Author : Mary Hull
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 1995
The Travels Of Marco Polo written by Mary Hull and has been published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
History and travels of Marco Polo.