Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World

Name: Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World
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ISBN: 9780300079715

ISBN-10: 0300079710

ISBN-13: 9780300079715

Edition: 1999

Authors: John Larner

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Exploring the range of influence of Marco Polo's book on the history of geography and exploration, this study assesses the findings of modern scholarship and offers an account of Polo and his family, and of the reasons the book came into being.

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 0.67" wide x 0.93" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.628



List of Illustrations and Maps


Preface


Introduction



Images of Asia and the Coming of the Mongols



The Polos



Marco Polo and Rustichello



The Making of the Book



The Description of the World



Varieties of the Book



Marco, Merchants and Missionaries



Marco among the Humanists



Columbus and After



Jesuits, Imperialists and a Conclusion



A Note on Manuscripts of the Book



Times of Travel to China by Land



Marco Polo and World Maps of the Fifteenth Century


Notes


Works Cited


Index