Marco Polo Map USA West

Marco Polo Map USA West
Author: Marco Polo
Publisher: Marco Polo
Total Pages:
Release: 2012-03-12
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9783829767385

Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date, digitally generated mapping. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning and 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference.

The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps

The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps
Author: Benjamin B. Olshin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2014-10-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 022614982X

Concerns a collection of maps and associated documents claimed to be from Marco Polo's time or that of his daughters (as many of the maps have the name or one or another of the three daughters on them). Discusses provenance, authenticity, and history of the documents, known to scholars as "the Marco Polo Maps" since 1948, here discussed fully for the first time.

Xanadu

Xanadu
Author: John Man
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2010-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1409045641

**A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO, A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES** Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years. John Man travelled in Marco's footsteps to Xanadu, in search of the truth behind Marco's stories; to separate legend from fact. Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan.

The Return of Marco Polo's World

The Return of Marco Polo's World
Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812996798

"Drawing on decades of first-hand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan makes a powerful, clear-eyed case for what timeless principles should shape America's role in the world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests versus American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of military power via a strong navy; and more"--

Marco Polo Maxi Atlas Europe

Marco Polo Maxi Atlas Europe
Author: Marco Polo Travel Publishing
Publisher: Marco Polo Travel Publishing, Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-05-20
Genre: Europe
ISBN: 9783829737456

The Marco Polo Europe Maxi Atlas is the most up-to-date road atlas on the market and features all the key travel routes from the North Cape to Sicily and Lisbon to Cyprus. The ultra-clear cartography provides an excellent overview for the driver. Ideal for travel planning and an invaluable companion for driving safely and confidently to all the popular European holiday destinations. - Includes Europe planning map with a scale of 1: 4.5 million - Overview map of Europe with a scale of 1: 10 million - Comprehensive index of place names - 28-language legend - Overview of all country flags - Scale: 1: 750 000.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo
Author: Laurence Bergreen
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

In this authoritative biography of one of the most fascinating figures in world history, Marco Polos incredible odyssey--along the Silk Road and through all the fantastic circumstances of his life--is chronicled in sumptuous and illuminating detail. Illustrated.

Marco Polo Norway

Marco Polo Norway
Author: Marco Polo
Publisher: Marco Polo
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9783829767248

Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date, digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators and scale converters aid route planning. The extensive coverage of the maps enables travellers to cross country boundaries with the same map. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning and 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes and places of interest are highlighted - ideal for touring holidays. The maps also contain a comprehensive index and inset street plans of major cities. Map Scale - 1 : 800 000

Did Marco Polo Go To China?

Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Author: Frances Wood
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429980620

We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made it past the Black Sea, where his family conducted business as merchants.Marco Polo's travels from Venice to the exotic and distant East, and his epic book describing his extraordinary adventures, A Description of the World, ranks among the most famous and influential books ever published. In this fascinating piece of historical detection, marking the 700th anniversary of Polo's journey, Frances Wood questions whether Marco Polo ever reached the country he so vividly described. Why, in his romantic and seemingly detailed account, is there no mention of such fundamentals of Chinese life as tea, foot-binding, or even the Great Wall? Did he really bring back pasta and ice cream to Italy? And why, given China's extensive and even obsessive record-keeping, is there no mention of Marco Polo anywhere in the archives?Sure to spark controversy, Did Marco Polo Go to China? tries to solve these and other inconsistencies by carefully examining the Polo family history, Marco Polo's activities as a merchant, the preparation of his book, and the imperial Chinese records. The result is a lucid and readable look at medieval European and Chinese history, and the characters and events that shaped this extraordinary and enduring myth.

Tracking Marco Polo

Tracking Marco Polo
Author: Timothy Severin
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Using the great explorer's journals as a guide, Severin retraces his route from Venice to the Kindu Kush on motorcycle.

Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age, 1522-1657

Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age, 1522-1657
Author: Christina H. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134759525

Bringing to bear the latest developments across various areas of research and disciplines, this collection provides a broad perspective on how Western Europe made sense of a complex, multi-faceted, and by and large Sino-centered East and Southeast Asia. The volume covers the transpacific period--after Magellan's opening of the transpacific route to the Far East and before the eventual dominance of the region by the British and the Dutch. In contrast to the period of the Enlightenment, during which Orientalist discourses arose, this initial period of encounters and conquest is characterized by an enormous curiosity and a desire to seize--not only materially but intellectually--the lands and peoples of East Asia. The essays investigate European visions of the Far East--particularly of China and Japan--and examine how and why particular representations of Asians and their cultural practices were constructed, revised, and adapted. Collectively, the essays show that images of the Far East were filtered by worldviews that ranged from being, on the one hand, universalistic and relatively equitable towards cultures to the other extreme, unilaterally Eurocentric.