Did Marco Polo Go to China?

Name: Did Marco Polo Go to China?
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ISBN: 9780813389998

ISBN-10: 0813389992

ISBN-13: 9780813389998

Edition: 1997

Authors: Frances Wood

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In this book Frances Wood tries to solve whether Marco Polo ever reached the country he so vividly described. The result is a lucid study of medieval European and Chinese history and the characters and events that shaped the Polo myth.

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/9/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Bare Details



Why Go at All?



Missionaries Nose to Tail



Prester John and the Magi



Not an Itinerary



The Ghost Writer and the First Fan



The Language of the Text



Omissions and Inclusions



Ice-Cream and Spaghetti



Walls Within Walls



He Missed the Biggest Wall



Not Unique and Certainly Not a Sieire Engineer



Who Were the Polos?



Was It China?



A Significant Absence


Conclusions


Afterword to the American Edition


Notes


Bibliography


Index