Scientists, western scholars and chinese historians have uncovered striking new evidence that the son of venetian merchants had travelled to the mysterious middle kingdom. When i returned home from china in 1876, i was introduced to colonel henry yule, at the india office, by our common friend, dr. Marco polo was a venetian adventurer and merchant who traveled west and central asia from 1271 to 1295. The marco polo bibliography published in 1986 contained over 2,300 items in european languages alone.
I grandi autori della letteratura italiana, roma 2012. Marco polo, il milione, chapter cxxiii and cxxiv, page from the book the travels of marco polo il milione, originally published during polos lifetime 12981299, but frequently reprinted and translated. Come lo grande kane mando marco, figliuolo di messer nicolao, per suo messaggio. A new biography of marco polo, based on a throughout examination of all extant sources. His travels inspired future explorers and introduced the silk road to europe through his book entitled il milione also known as the travels of marco polo.
How marco polo went to china marco polo was born in venice in the year 1254. The khan at war, faksimile ub graz sig hb 15 210p 778. It has recently been proposed that the incredulity he met with on his return to venice sprang from an unwillingness to accept his depiction of a. Marco polo is a pushtotalk app that recreates the experience of using a walkietalkie to communicate with people you know. Did marco polo, the most illustrious traveller in history, ever venture to china. Cambridge university press rq ehkdoi ri school of oriental. In the end, the polos went on their journey without priests for the khan. They arrived in hormuz ready to sail to china but they. Egli e vero che al tempo che baldovino era imperadore di gostantinopoli cio fu ne gli anni di cristo 1250, messere niccolaio polo, lo quale fu padre di messere marco, e messere matteo polo suo fratello, questi due fratelli erano nella citta di gostantinopoli venuti da vi. Marco polo and the silk road janet hardygould introduction gregory x. This walkie talkie, though, has video capabilities. Pdf il milione di marco polo nelledizione di giovanni battista. It describes polo s travels through asia, persia, china, and indonesia between 1276 and 1291 and his experiences became at the court of the mongol leader kublai khan. The polos travelled through countries now known as turkey, armenia, georgia, iraq and iran.
A debate continues as to whether the venetians book is actually a personal account of chinas thcentury middle kingdom and its marvels. The emperor heard all that the merchants had to tell him about their native land and christianity and very soon decided to send them back to the pope as his ambassadors, with messages of peace and a request for a. Travels of marco polo, is a thcentury travelogue written down by rustichello da pisa from stories told by marco polo when they were imprisoned together in genoa. His father, nicolo, and his uncle, maffeo, were merchants who had seats in the great council and were enrolled with the noblemen of venice.
Marco polo il milione 2 lor partita di gostantinopoli. Marco polo tells about the arrival of his father and uncle. He helped them to get holy oil from jerusalem, but there were problems getting the christian priests. Marco also had another uncle who lived in constantinople and crimea and was engaged in commerce. Il milione di marco polo nelledizione di giovanni battista ramusio, testo a cura di f. Reinhold rost, and from that time we met frequently and kept up a correspondence which terminated only with the life of the great geographer, whose friend i had become. Pdf il milione di marco polo nelledizione di giovanni. The army of the khan attacking the rebellious king of.
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