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)

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)

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)

[美] 劳伦斯·贝尔格林（Laurence Bergreen） 美国国家图书奖非虚构类作品评审 美国笔会阿尔布兰非虚构文学奖作品评审 西班牙市长协会500 周年纪念荣誉勋章 作品多次入选《纽约时报》“值得关注的百部图书” 劳伦斯·贝尔格林是一位屡获大奖、著作等身的史学家、传记作家和新闻工作者。曾在纽约社会研究新学院任教，并担任纽约广播电视博物馆馆长助理。他是美国“历史频道”的特邀史学家，也是美国笔会、探险家俱乐部和美国作家协会会员。 1972 年从哈佛大学毕业后，贝尔格林长期为许多国家级刊物及知名媒体撰稿，包括《新闻周刊》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《洛杉矶时报》《军事史季刊》《细节》《序幕》《芝加哥论坛报》等。贝尔格林的作品至今已被翻译成25 种语言，经典作品有《黄金、香料与殖民地》《丝绸、瓷器与人间天堂》《海洋征服者与新航路》等。 《丝绸、瓷器与人...(展开全部)

Book Description ================ http://www.laurencebergreen.com/marco.html NY Times Book Review: Here’s a lesson in the graceful acceptance of defeat. In 1298, the Genoese navy bested the Venetian fleet at the Battle of Curzola. Unable to live with the disgrace, one Venetian commander, Andrea Dandolo, killed himself by beating his head against his ship’s mast. Another Venetia...(展开全部)

La vie et les exploits de messire Marco Polo de Venise, le plus grand voyageur de tous les temps. Les marchands qui accostent à Venise depuis l'Orient parlent de terres et de peuples mystérieux, de mers en tempête et de déserts de pillards... Nourri par ces récits Marco Polo n'a que dix-sept ans lorsqu'il part pour la Chine avec son père et son oncle, missionnés par l'empereur ...(展开全部)

刘鹗（è）（1857年10月18日—1909年8月23日），清末小说家。谱名震远，原名孟鹏，字云抟、公约。后更名鹗，字铁云（刘铁云[1]），又字公约，号老残。署名“洪都百炼生”。汉族，江苏丹徒（今镇江市）人，寄籍山阳（今江苏淮安区）。刘鹗自青年时期拜从太谷学派李光(龙川)之后，终生主张以“教养”为大纲，发展经济生产，富而后教，养民为本的太谷学说。他一生从事实业，投资教育，为的就是能够实现太谷学派“教养天下”的目的。而他之所以能屡败屡战、坚韧不拔，太谷学派的思想可以说是他的精神支柱。

He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling instead through more than forty countries on the modern map, covering seventy-five thousand miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botani...(展开全部)