The newest volume in Sterling Signature's successful "Illustrated Edition" series takes readers on a fascinating journey into a world once unknown. Marco Polo almost single-handedly introduced fourteenth-century Europe to the civilizations of Central Asia and China. Now this stunningly illustrated volume, edited by renowned historian Morris Rossabi, offers the complete text of Polo's travelogue (in the respected Yule-Cordier translation), enhanced with more than 200 images - including illuminated manuscripts, paintings, photographs and maps. Sidebars and dozens of informative footnotes combine to present Polo and his travels in a captivating new light.
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full colour throughout, includes photographs, includes illustrations
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 229 mm
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978-1-4027-9630-2 (9781402796302)
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Morris Rossabi is a historian and professor of China and Central Asia at the City University of New York and Columbia University. He is the author of Herder to Statesman; The Mongols and Global History; Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists; and Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times.
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Allgemeiner Redakteur
