This year will also see the production's tour to the protagonist's motherland Italy, which will be a special way to pay homage to the Western pioneer's expedition on the Silk Road. On February 10 and 11, a revised version of the dance drama Marco Polo co-produced by NCPA and the Song and Dance Ensemble of the PLA Political Department will be staged before the Chinese New Year. In his wake followed Columbus (who was inspired by Marco Polo's description of the riches of the Far East), Magellan and Vasco da Gama - and the world was changed forever.A revised version of Marco Polo will be restaged before the Chinese New Year As a young merchant, he began his journey to China in 1271 and.
Polo was a forerunner of the great age of exploration. Marco Polo is arguably the most famous Western traveler to have journeyed on the Silk Road. His record of the manners, customs and beliefs of the diverse people he encountered are entertaining and unique. Polo's travels through Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, Central Asia and China remained unsurpassed in scope for centuries. Consisting of nearly 150 individual chapters, this beautifully produced edition is perfect for dipping into as well as more serious study. The original manuscripts have long been lost, but the English translations by William Marsden and Henry Yule, based on hybrid versions, are each regarded as having particular strengths - and this book presents a modernised abridgement of the most reliable passages. With modern China today finally occupying its rightful place on the world stage, Polo's masterpiece remains a fascinating account of 'old China' from a highly observant foreign visitor. The Travels of Marco Polo can rightly be described as the founding adventure book of the modern world. Marco Polo and the Silk Road Janet Hard-Gould 3. Despite the fact that there was still no printing in Europe, the book was a popular success (in manuscript). In the late 1290s Venetian merchant Marco Polo dictated an account of his own travels in north and south China (Cathay and Manji, in Polo's terminology) to a scribe with whom he shared a prison cell in Genoa. Biography for Kids Marco Polo was an Italian explorer. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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