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Did Marco Polo Go To China? (Paperback, New edition)
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Did Marco Polo Go To China? (Paperback, New edition)
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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.
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