No mere travel account, the book that Marco Polo wrote after many years in Asia became one of the most influential of the millennium. Historian John Larner here explores for the first time the full range of influence of Polo's Book on the history of geography and exploration, showing why the work cam into being and how it played a key role in the development of European oversea...(展开全部)

After many years in Asia, Marco Polo wrote one of the most influential books of the past millennium. No mere travel account, Polo's Book is a work that played a key role in the development of European overseas expansion. In this engaging and authoritative book, historian John Larner explores for the first time the full range and influence of Polo's Book on the history of geogra...(展开全部)

After many years in Asia, Marco Polo wrote one of the most influential books of the past millennium. No mere travel account, Polo's Book is a work that played a key role in the development of European overseas expansion. In this engaging and authoritative book, historian John Larner explores for the first time the full range and influence of Polo's Book on the history of geogra...(展开全部)

No mere travel account, the book that Marco Polo wrote after many years in Asia became one of the most influential of the millennium. Historian John Larner here explores for the first time the full range of influence of Polo's Book on the history of geography and exploration, showing why the work cam into being and how it played a key role in the development of European oversea...(展开全部)

Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different soci...(展开全部)

Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different soci...(展开全部)

A vivid account of Marco Polo’s astounding, continent-spanning adventures. Aged seventeen, Marco Polo left his home in Venice on a continent-spanning adventure that lasted for nearly a quarter of a century. Imprisoned in Genoa five years later, he collaborated with Arthurian romance writer Rustichello of Pisa on a work they called The Description of the World. Their book recoun...(展开全部)

The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy. As a young man, he headed eastward with his father and his uncle toward the lands of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Their journey from Europe into Asia, marked by risks, setbacks, and discoveries, transformed every person involved. It also led to one of the world's most studied ...(展开全部)

作者简介 詹尼•瓜达卢皮（Gianni Guadalupi），1943年生，作为作者、译者与编纂者从事出版工作30年，尤其关注与真实和想象的旅行相关的文学作品。目前，他担任意大利著名艺术和设计杂志FMR的编辑工作，是意大利旅游俱乐部（the Touring Club of Italiano）所办刊物《世界之路》（Le Vie del Mondo）的总编，该刊致力于介绍古代旅行故事。 译者简介 何高济，1933年生，毕业于北京大学西语系。曾在中国社会科学院从事文史研究。20世纪80年代移居巴西。在巴西生活与工作20多年间，多方收集明清时期外国人在中国进行文化交流的文字资料，并翻译了大量书籍和文献史料。翻译作品有：《世界征服者史》《马戛尔尼使团使华观感》《利玛窦中国札记》等

A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg—a thought-provoking and important book by one of the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals of our time. In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries from ancient ...(展开全部)