El Libro De Marco Polo

Author : Frances Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429980620
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Did Marco Polo Go To China? written by Frances Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher : Greenbooks editore
ISBN 13 : 883295477X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El libro de Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by Greenbooks editore. This book was released on 2019-10-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Polo, el célebre viajero veneciano y primer europeo que se aventuró en Asia Oriental, narra en este libro las infinitas aventuras y vicisitudes ocurridas durante su inolvidable viaje por Oriente. El autor describe con espontaneidad y frescura, a través de su compañero de presidio Rustichello de Pisa, las condiciones naturales de cada región que visitó, las costumbres de sus habitantes, sus maneras de comerciar o de hacer la guerra, sus exóticas riquezas... Esta edición esta anotada por otro celebre viajero Cristobal Colon

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El libro de Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marco Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781542646888
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Los Viajes de Marco Polo (Spanish Edition) written by Marco Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los viajes de Marco Polo, conocido tambi�n como El libro de las maravillas o El libro del mill�n, es el t�tulo con el que suele traducirse al espa�ol el libro de viajes del mercader veneciano Marco Polo, conocido en italiano como Il Milione (El mill�n).

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher : Editorial Verbum
ISBN 13 : 8490744157
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Descripción del mundo written by Marco Polo and published by Editorial Verbum. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descripción del mundo (Divisament du monde) nos presenta las aventuras del mercader veneciano Marco Polo en sus viajes a China en el siglo XIII. El manuscrito original escrito en francés antiguo o en una variante conocida como francoitaliano se ha perdido, pero el libro se tradujo a varias lenguas europeas ya en vida de su autor y alcanzó un éxito nada frecuente en la época anterior a la invención de la imprenta. Gracias a su relato se dieron a conocer en la Europa medieval las tierras y civilizaciones del Asia central y China. El libro de las maravillas se ha visto como un prototipo supremo de libro de viajes y aventuras, donde lo real y lo maravilloso se funden en un excepcional relato que ha seducido e inspirado a sus lectores, entre otros, a Cristóbal Colón, que poseía un ejemplar cuidadosamente anotado.

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Travels of Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El libro de Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Travels of Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Travels of Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515275237
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Libro de Marco Polo written by Marco Polo and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La obra se divide en cuatro libros. El primero describe las tierras de Oriente Medio y Asia Central que Marco Polo atravesó en su viaje hacia China. El libro segundo habla de China y la corte de Kublai Kan. En el tercero se describen varias regiones costeras de Oriente: Japón, India, Sri Lanka y el sudeste de Asia, así como la costa oriental de África. El cuarto libro trata de las guerras que mantuvieron poco antes entre sí los mongoles, y describe también algunas regiones bastante más al norte, como Rusia.El libro alcanzó un éxito nada frecuente en la época anterior a la invención de la imprenta. Se tradujo a varias lenguas europeas ya en vida de su autor, pero los manuscritos originales se han perdido.Puede decirse, sin duda, que es un documento importante, cuya lectura nos introduce de facto a la mentalidad predominante en el occidente cristiano medieval. El libro está más allá de la simple anécdota, una multiplicidad de significados lo rodea.