Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World

Name: Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World
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ISBN: 9780300089004

ISBN-10: 0300089007

ISBN-13: 9780300089004

Edition: 2001

Authors: John Larner

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This work provides an examination of the influence of Marco Polo's book on the history of geography and exploration. John Larner assesses the findings of modern scholarship and offers an account of how and why the book came into being.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/8/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 7.00" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



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