马可波罗游记-教辅教材-文化科教-太极之巅书单号

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内容简介

Polo dictated these tales to a scribe, a writer of romances named Rustichello, while the two men shared a cell in a Genoese prison. Just how much Rustichello added to the text nobody knows. Yet most of what Polo tells us about his overland journey to Asia checks out. He traveled during a relatively peaceful time, so this is not a book about taking physical risks. Nor is it as accessible to modern readers as many of the books on this list. Yet it is without question the founding adventure book of the modern world. Polo gave to the age of exploration that followed the marvels of the East, the strange customs, the fabulous riches, the tribes with gold teeth. It was a Book of Dreams, an incentive, a goad. Out of it came Columbus (whose own copy of the book was heavily annotated), Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and the rest of modern history.

作者简介

马可波罗是世界历史上第一个将地大物博的中国向欧洲人作出报道的人，他在他的游记中以100多章的篇幅，记载了我国40多处的城市地方，对当时中国的自然和社会情况作了详细描述。因此，马可波罗被誉为"中世纪的伟大旅行家"，中西交通史和中意关系史上的友好使者。

马可波罗的家乡威尼斯是一个古老的商业城市。他家祖辈也是世代经商，父亲和叔父常奔走于地中海东部，进行商业活动。1260年，他的父亲和叔父经商到过伊士坦布尔，后来又到中亚的布哈拉，在那里他们两遇到了一个波斯使臣，并和使臣一起到了中国，见到了元世祖忽必烈。1269年，马可波罗已经15岁，他的父亲和叔父从东方回到了威尼斯，他们从东方带回的动人见闻，使得马可波罗既羡慕又向往，他也很想做一个商人漫游东方。

两年之后，马可波罗的美好愿望实现了。1271年，他的父亲和叔父再次动身去中国，决定带马可波罗同行，于是年轻...

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