Tabi abart olmazsa olmaz. Well worth a read i only to understand more about the amazing life of people in the past. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668052/. Accompanied by his father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo, Marco Polo travelled overland to China in 1271--75. . I am at page 260, and just barely starting the actual content of the book. Of Genoese origin, Agnese was active in Venice from 1536 until his death. The classic Marsden and Wright translation of The Travels has been revised and updated by . The early works of Carl Linne (1707-78), annotated journals From 1746 to 1749, the Swedish rigged brig Gotha Lejon sailed on a mercantile mission to Canton. Theyre nothing like nor as worthy as the blind Shoemaker who poked out his own eye in order not to lust within his heart at a woman as he was fitting her for shoes and when all the other Christians within that country (Persia?) (Yule-Cordier translation) Volume 2, "Marco Polo in Manuscript: The Travels of the Devisement du monde", Google map link with Polo's Travels Mapped out (follows the Yule version of the original work), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Travels_of_Marco_Polo&oldid=1126508336, Another Latin version called "Z" is conserved only by one manuscript, which is to be found in, This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 18:46. Revised from Marsden's Translation and Edited with and Introduction by Manuel Komroff. The Travels of Marco Polo: A Modern Translation Hardcover - November 30, 1984 Romance Edition by Marco Polo (Author), Maria Bellonci (Author), Teresa Waugh (Translator) 616 ratings Kindle $0.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover $6.48 23 Used from $2.50 1 Collectible from $17.88 Paperback The first English translation is the Elizabethan version by John Frampton published in 1579, The most noble and famous travels of Marco Polo, based on Santaella's Castilian translation of 1503 (the first version in that language). Travels of Marco Polo: A Modern Translation Marco Polo, Maria Bellonci, Teresa Waugh (Translator) 3.58 6,459 ratings556 reviews This is a reproduction of the original artefact. [48], It has also been pointed out that Polo's accounts are more accurate and detailed than other accounts of the periods. Marco Polo was supposedly born in Venice, then in the Venetian Republic and now in Italy. For example, the first English translation, "The most noble and famous travels of Marco Polo", first published in 1579 by John Frampton, is based on Castilian version "Cosmographia breve introductoria en el libro de Marco Paulo" by Rodrigo de Santaella from 1503, which in turn is a translation of the VA verion of the text. Born into a Venetian Family. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse. He also relates that before dying, Marco Polo insisted that "he had told only a half of the things he had seen". Book Three describes some of the coastal regions of the East: Japan, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, and the east coast of Africa. and an introduction by award-winning travel writer Colin Thubron. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. In his preface the compiler calls himself a knight, and states that he was born and John Critchley's subject, on the other hand, is the text of Polo's . Marco Polo soon was caught up in the war between Venice and Genoa, for which he equipped and commanded a galley in the Venetian navy. Exact: 0. A few adventurous Europeans accomplished it. Mongols, - popularity. Marco Polo, Sohn einer venezianischen Hndlerfamilie, ist ein Reisender in der Welt. 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"Shelfmark: M 304"--Note extracted from World Digital Library. It's tucked away at location 517. Sur Un quart de sicle, leur voyage va les mener travers les steppes de lEurasie, vers la Chine, en retournant sur la route du commerce de lOcan Indien. This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 06:00. What a bunch of superstitious people those Idolaters and Saracens are. The 14th-century author John Mandeville wrote an account of journeys in the East, but this was probably based on second-hand information and contains much apocryphal information. For example, Odoric of Pordenone said that the Yangtze river flows through the land of pygmies only three spans high and gave other fanciful tales, while Giovanni da Pian del Carpine spoke of "wild men, who do not speak at all and have no joints in their legs", monsters who looked like women but whose menfolk were dogs, and other equally fantastic accounts. It has been a pleasure to revisit the travels of Marco Polo. Pi di un mese di lettura del resto Marco Polo ci ha messo poco meno di vent'anni, quindi tutto sommato andata bene Il Milione, the legendary account of Marco Polo's travels is a fascinating view into history. Instead, it's a systematic description of all the countries one can find east of Italy. [23], Since Dominican fathers had among their missions that of evangelizing foreign peoples (cf. Polo had at times denied the "marvelous" fables and legends given in other European accounts, and also omitted descriptions of strange races of people then believed to inhabit eastern Asia and given in such accounts. and Fell In With Certain Envoys There, How the Two Brothers Took the Envoy's Counsel, and Went to the Court of the Great Kaan, How the Two Brothers Arrived at the Court of the Great Kaan, How the Great Kaan Asked All About the Manners of the Christians, and Particularly About the Pope of Rome, How the Great Kaan Sent the Two Brothers as His Envoys to the Pope, How the Great Kaan Gave Them a Tablet of Gold, Bearing His Orders in Their Behalf, How the Two Brothers Came to the City of Acre; and Thence to Venice, How the Two Brothers Again Departed from Venice, on Their Way Back to the Great Kaan, and Took With Them Mark, the Son of Messer Nicolo, How the Two Brothers Set Out from Acre, and Mark Along With Them, How the Two Brothers Presented Themselves Before the New Pope, How Messer Nicolo and Messer Maffeo Polo, Accompanied by Mark, Travelled to the Court of the Great Kaan, How Messer Nicolo and Messer Maffeo Polo and Marco Presented Themselves Before the Great Kaan, How the Lord Sent mark on an Embassy of His, How Mark Returned From the Mission Whereon He Had Been Sent, How Messer Nicolo, Messer Maffeo, and Messer Marco, Asked Leave of the Great Kaan to Go Their Way, How the Two Brothers and Messer Marco Took Leave of the Great Kaan, and Returned to Their Own Country, Here the Book Begins; and First it Speaks of the Lesser Hermenia, Of the Great City of Baudas, and How it Was Taken, How the Calif of Baudas Took Counsel to Slay All the Christians in His Land, How the Christians Were In Great Dismay Because of What the Calif Had Said, How the One-Eyed Cobler Was Desired to Pray for the Christians, How the Prayer of the One-Eyed Cobler Caused the Mountain to Move, Of the Monastery of Saint Barsamo on the Borders of Tauris, Of the Great Country of Persia; With Some Account of the Three Kings, How the Three Kings Returned to their Own Country, Of the Eight Kingdoms of Persia, and How they are Named, Of the City of Camadi and its Ruins; Also Touching the Carauna Robbers, Of the Wearisome and Desert Road That Has Now to Be Travelled, Concerning the City of Cobinan and the Things That Are Made There, Of a Certain Desert That Continues for Eight Days' Journey, How the Old Man Used to Train His Assasins, Of Taican, and the Mountains of Salt. Henri Cordier revised and contributed further notes to the 1920 edition. He wrote his famous Travels after returning home, whilst a prisoner in Genoa. I find it interesting how Marco Polo's description of the Middle East of more than 700 years ago is pretty much a reflection of the way it is today. Travel by land;Marco Polo [Polo, Marco] They crossed the plain of Pamir and traveled across the incredible desolation of the Gobi Desert into the ancient mercantile cities of Samarqand, Yarkant (Shache), and Kashgar (Kashi), until they reached Tangut, in the extreme northwest of China. Marco Polo's Travels Along the Silk Road Marco Polo in Venice Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. Battle, The Valiant Feats And Victory Of King Nogai, Genealogy Of The House Of Chinghiz To The End Of The Thirteenth Century, Genealogy Of The Family Of Marco Polo The Traveller, Calendar Of Documents Relating To Marco Polo And His Family, Comparative Specimens Of The Different Recensions Of Polo's Text. The Travels was a rare popular success in an era before printing. Muchas veces haba odo hablar del relato de sus grandiosos viajes y la curiosidad siempre me haba conducido a buscar tales relatos y tard en dar con ellos. Very well set out and easy to read, the language is well put and the descriptions of people and places visited are excellent. A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written, in a collectable clothbound edition Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions in the far east. He noted the Great Wall familiar to us today is a Ming structure built some two centuries after Marco Polo's travels. However, I just discovered it does indeed contain the Prologue. Or Khan's hunting expeditions requiring 10,000 elephants marchingnacross the land to flush out tigers and other wildlife. Marco Polo described many different places in the east. One of the true classics - longest book in continuous publication (over 800 years). [46][47], Historian Stephen G. Haw however argued that many of the "omissions" could be explained. Of Marco Polo's Book, So Far As Known: List Of Miniatures In Two Of The Finer Mss. . THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO: A MODERN TRANSLATION By Maria Bellonci - Hardcover VG. [51], Many of the details in Polo's accounts have been verified. The book is Polo's account of his travels to China, which he calls Cathay (north China) and Manji (south China). Original resource extent: 100 leaves : parchment ; 22.3 x 15.2 centimeters. [46] Many have questioned whether or not he had visited the places he mentioned in his itinerary, or he had appropriated the accounts of his father and uncle or other travelers, or doubted that he even reached China and that, if he did, perhaps never went beyond Khanbaliq (Beijing). Of Marco Polo's Book, So Far As They Are Known, Diagram Showing Filiation Of Chief Mss. Book reviews, interviews, editors' picks, and more. I was transfixed by these stories of travel and adventure when I was a child, and never questioned the veracity of the narrative. The Travels of Marco Polo. (Mostly, though, it was because I got sidetracked by the extensive footnotes & subsequent internet research on various topics found in Polo's book.). - Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013. They Fought (Extracts And Substance. Bu tip bir abartda hemen anlyorsunuz ki o durum yle deil. While you cannot navigate to the Prologue from the table of contents, you can still get there by flipping through all the pages of the editor's introduction. [50] Marco Polo himself noted (in the Toledo manuscript) the dainty walk of Chinese women who took very short steps. In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale, Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China - A Brief. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668052/. Columbus even carried a copy with him on his voyages. IT KEEPS THE ORIGINAL FORMAT . Content in Old French (842-ca. The journey took three years after which they arrived in Cathay as it was then called and met the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan. [56] His accounts of salt production and revenues from the salt monopoly are also accurate, and accord with Chinese documents of the Yuan era. For example, none of the other Western travelers to Yuan dynasty China at that time, such as Giovanni de' Marignolli and Odoric of Pordenone, mentioned the Great Wall, and that while remnants of the Wall would have existed at that time, it would not have been significant or noteworthy as it had not been maintained for a long time. It has been a pleasure to revisit the travels of Marco Polo. Y sigui con una traduccin de Viajes de Marco Polo en 1818. Polo's book, Description of the World, offered one of the . Then you open the book and look into it a bit and realize that it might be boring against all odds. [48] Haw also argued that practices such as footbinding were not common even among Chinese during Polo's time and almost unknown among the Mongols. Afterward, he served Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic. And dog-headed people?? Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014. Ses comptoirs commerciaux et sa supriorit navale lui permettent de faire le monopole sur le commerce avec le monde musulman, travers lequel lEurope se fournit par toutes les marchandises venant de lInde et de la Chine. Stopped reading page 200. When a reissue of the Penguin. The Library asks that researchers approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here. The text is perhaps most remarkable for its narrator's incuriousness. For instance, did Polo exert "political authority" (seignora) in Yangzhou or merely "sojourn" (sejourna) there? The Polo party left Venice in 1271. Baloon cloth. You can see why some people in the authors time didnt believe him. . Click to enlarge. Marco Polo belonged to a Venetian family of merchants and diplomats. The personal appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. 1400). The edition of Benedetto, Marco Polo, Il Milione, under the patronage of the Comitato Geografico Nazionale Italiano (Florence: Olschki, 1928), collated sixty additional manuscript sources, in addition to some eighty that had been collected by Henry Yule, for his 1871 edition. The Travels: Marco Polo (Penguin Clothbound Classics) Hardcover - Illustrated, 26 Feb. 2015 by Marco Polo (Author), Nigel Cliff (Editor, Introduction, Translator) 389 ratings Kindle Edition 1.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 14.23 3 Used from 16.74 21 New from 12.57 Paperback 9.19 9 Used from 5.23 9 New from 8.53 Seller Rating: Contact seller Book First Edition Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good US$ 7.97 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. The book was written by romance writer Rustichello da Pisa, who worked from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned together in Genoa. I mean, it's hot here in the tropics, but boiling eggs in the river? The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Book One describes the lands of the Middle East and Central Asia that Marco encountered on his way to China. De los sitios que l visit (supuestamente), me gustara tomar el tren transiberiano y recorrer parte de Rusia, China y Mongolia, ir a Japn (por el reiki) y, sobre todo Madagascar (Mogdasio). I originally rated this Kindle edition REVISED REVIEW: I've long owned the paperback version of the Signet Classics edition. Sad, that. The book describes the East in the 1500s and is an accurate account of what Marco Polo. It was sold to Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-89) in 1650. Fuerteventura Marco Polo Pocket Travel Guide - with pull out map (Marco Polo Guides) Marco Polo 241 Paperback 24 offers from 4.46 Bali Marco Polo Pocket Travel Guide - with pull out map (Marco Polo Guides) (Marco Polo Pocket Guides) Marco Polo 71 Paperback 13 offers from 3.72 Product details Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022. , .. . The Kingdoms of Ferlec and Basma, The Same Continued. This was followed by a translation of the Travels of Marco Polo in 1818. Later travelers such as Odoric of Pordenone and Giovanni de' Marignolli reached China during the Yuan dynasty and wrote accounts of their travels.[49][48]. Fin XIII sicle, Venise est cit tat linfluence immense, qui stend jusqu la mer noire en passant par Constantinople. Marco Polo Born in 1253. 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. This would have been a grave omission since the Prologue contains the story of how the Polos came to China and returned. Sure it doesn't contain the voluminous notes of the 1903 Yule-Cordier translation, but it's perfectly adequate. Death of Chinghis, Of Those Who Did Reign After Chinghis Kaan, and of the Customs of the Tartars, Concerning the Administering of Justice Among the Tartars, Sundry Particulars on the Plain Beyond Caracoron, Of the Kingdom of Erguiul, and Province of Sinju, Concerning the Province of Tenduc, and the Descendants of Prester John, Concerning the Kaan's Palace of Chagannor. Despite a few exaggerations and errors, Polo's accounts are relatively free of the descriptions of irrational marvels, and in many cases where present (mostly given in the first part before he reached China), he made a clear distinction that they are what he had heard rather than what he had seen. For Ibn Battuta's work, see, Maria Bellonci, "Nota introduttiva", Il Milione di Marco Polo, Milano, Oscar Mondadori, 2003, p. XI [ITALIAN], The date usually given as 1292 was emended in a note by, Latham, Ronald "Introduction" pp. This portolan atlas is attributed to Battista Agnese (1514-64), one of the most important Italian Renaissance cartographers. Earlier thirteenth-century European travellers who journeyed to the court of the Great Khan were Andr de Longjumeau, William of Rubruck and Giovanni da Pian del Carpine with Benedykt Polak. Imagine reading this book in 14 century, Europe is filled with plague, sickness, death and here Marco Polo is describing worlds filled with riches and life. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1350] Pdf. Mulehet is a country in which the Old Man of the Mountain dwelt in former days; and the name means " Place of the Aram ." I will tell you his whole history as related by Messer Marco Polo, who heard it from several natives of that region. Some things indeed there be therein which he beheld not; but these he heard from men of credit and veracity. A very inspiring tale of adventure and jounrey across the globe in ancient times and all the wonders seen along the at. At the end of the Stockholm manuscript is a mappa mundi, a medieval schematic zonal map of the world, which, however, may be a later addition. Distance was calculated by the number of days travelled - it was well before the use of maps, distance and sat navs! The Golden King and Prester John, How Prester John Treated the Golden King his Prisoner, Concerning the Great River Caramoran and the City of Cachanfu, Concerning the Province of Cuncun, Which is Right Wearisome to Travel Through, Concerning a Further Part of the Province of Carajan, Wherein is Related How the King of Mien and Bangala Vowed Vengeance Against the Great Kaan, Of the Battle That Was Fought By the Great Kaan's Host and His Seneschal Against the King of Mien, Of the Great Descent That Leads Towards the Kingdom of Mien, Concerning the City of Mien, and the Two Towers That Are Therein, One of Gold, and the Other of Silver, Concerning the Cities of Cacanfu and Changlu, Concerning the City of Chinangli, and That of Tadinfu, and the Rebellion of Litan, Concerning the City of Siju, and the Great River Caramoran, How the Great Kaan Conquered the Province of Manzi, Concerning the Very Noble City of Saianfu, and How Its Capture Was Effected, Concerning the City of Sinju and the Great River Kian, Concerning the City of Chinginju and the Slaughter of Certain Alans There, Description of the Great City of Kinsay, Which is the Capital of the Whole Country of Manzi, [Further Particulars Concerning the Great City of Kinsay.
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