Author: Marco PoloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps
Author: Benjamin B. OlshinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022614982X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
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.
The Travels of Marco Polo, a Venetian, in the Thirteenth Century
Author: Marco PoloMarco Polo and the Encounter of East and West
Author: Suzanne Conklin AkbariPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442693282
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Few figures from history evoke such vivid Orientalist associations as Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer whose accounts of the "Far East" sparked literary and cultural imaginations. The essays in Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West challenge what many scholars perceived to be an opposition of "East" and "West" in Polo's writings. These writers argue that Marco Polo's experiences along the Silk Road should instead be considered a fertile interaction of cultural exchange. The volume begins with detailed studies of Marco Polo's narrative in its many medieval forms (including French, Italian, and Latin versions). They place the text in its material and generic contexts, and situate Marco Polo's account within the conventions of travel literature and manuscript illumination. Other essays consider the appropriation of Marco Polo's narrative in adaptations, translation, and cinematic art. The concluding section presents historiographic and poetic accounts of the place of Marco Polo in the context of a global world literature. By considering the production and reception of The Travels, this collection lays the groundwork for new histories of world literature written from the perspective of cultural, economic, and linguistic exchange, rather than conquest and conflict.
Marco Polo's Journey to China
Author: Diana ChildressPublisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 082255903X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Introduces the life and accomplishments of Italian explorer Marco Polo, who spent twenty-four years traveling throughout Asia in the 1200s and whose journal of his exploits after his return to Venice made him famous and influential throughout Europe.
The Return of Marco Polo's World
Author: Robert D. KaplanPublisher:
ISBN: 0812996798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"Drawing on decades of first-hand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan makes a powerful, clear-eyed case for what timeless principles should shape America's role in the world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests versus American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of military power via a strong navy; and more"--
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East
Author: Marco PoloThe History of Portugal
Author: Edward McMurdoPublisher:
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Category : Portugal
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Author: Frances WoodPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429980620
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made it past the Black Sea, where his family conducted business as merchants.Marco Polo's travels from Venice to the exotic and distant East, and his epic book describing his extraordinary adventures, A Description of the World, ranks among the most famous and influential books ever published. In this fascinating piece of historical detection, marking the 700th anniversary of Polo's journey, Frances Wood questions whether Marco Polo ever reached the country he so vividly described. Why, in his romantic and seemingly detailed account, is there no mention of such fundamentals of Chinese life as tea, foot-binding, or even the Great Wall? Did he really bring back pasta and ice cream to Italy? And why, given China's extensive and even obsessive record-keeping, is there no mention of Marco Polo anywhere in the archives?Sure to spark controversy, Did Marco Polo Go to China? tries to solve these and other inconsistencies by carefully examining the Polo family history, Marco Polo's activities as a merchant, the preparation of his book, and the imperial Chinese records. The result is a lucid and readable look at medieval European and Chinese history, and the characters and events that shaped this extraordinary and enduring myth.
Course of Study
Author: Baltimore County (Md.). Board of School CommissionersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Marco Polo Was in China
Author: Hans Ulrich VogelPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004231935
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
In Marco Polo was in China Hans Ulrich Vogel undertakes a thorough study of Yuan currencies, salts and revenues, by comparing Marco Polo manuscripts with Chinese sources and thus offering new evidence for the Venetian’s stay in Khubilai Khan’s empire.