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Marco Polo

- Journey to the End of the Earth
Af: Robin Brown Engelsk Paperback

Marco Polo

- Journey to the End of the Earth
Af: Robin Brown Engelsk Paperback
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The incredible story of Marco Polo''s journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia minor as a teenager, explore the length and breadth of China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator, Kublai Khan, and make his escape from almost certain death at the hands of Kublai Khan''s successors? Robin Brown''s book aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo''s claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, Marco Polo places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. What emerges confirms the truth of Polo''s account. Polo, scholars now agree, opened vistas to the medieval mind and stirred the interest in exploration that prompted the age of the European ocean voyages. All who now enjoy the fruits of Marco Polo''s incredible journey through Asia - whether in the form of spectacles, fireworks, pasta or any of the many products of the Silk Road - will find in Robin Brown-Lowe''s book a fascinating portrait of a man who made history happen by bringing about the meeting of East and West.

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The incredible story of Marco Polo''s journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia minor as a teenager, explore the length and breadth of China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator, Kublai Khan, and make his escape from almost certain death at the hands of Kublai Khan''s successors? Robin Brown''s book aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo''s claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, Marco Polo places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. What emerges confirms the truth of Polo''s account. Polo, scholars now agree, opened vistas to the medieval mind and stirred the interest in exploration that prompted the age of the European ocean voyages. All who now enjoy the fruits of Marco Polo''s incredible journey through Asia - whether in the form of spectacles, fireworks, pasta or any of the many products of the Silk Road - will find in Robin Brown-Lowe''s book a fascinating portrait of a man who made history happen by bringing about the meeting of East and West.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780750934213
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0750934212
Udg. Dato: 22 feb 2007
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 132mm
Højde: 195mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 22 feb 2007
Forfatter(e): Robin Brown
Forfatter(e) Robin Brown


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ISBN-13 9780750934213


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 19mm


Bredde 132mm


Højde 195mm


Udg. Dato 22 feb 2007


Oplagsdato 22 feb 2007


Forlag The History Press Ltd

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