The Story of Marco Polo - Couverture souple

Brooks, Professor Noah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605202800 ISBN 13 : 9781605202808

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2008

Synopsis

The author considered the story of Marco Polo "one of the most romantic and interesting of mediaeval or of modern times," and in this delightful little book, he sets out to recount the adventures of the intrepid explorer. Intended for young readers, Brooks' well-chosen excerpts from Polo's own diaries also work as a comprehensive and readable summary of Polo's writings, interwoven with the author's own pointed observations and commentary on the traveller's tale. This charming replica of an 1897 edition, complete with the original illustrations, will amuse readers of history and biography, and anyone who enjoys a rollicking story well told. American journalist and newspaper editor NOAH BROOKS (1830-1903) was a contributor to Harper's Magazine and the author of American Statesman and Washington in Lincoln's Time.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Marco Polo and his companions is -one of the most romantic and interesting of mediaeval or of modern times. The manner of the return of the Polos long after they had been given up for dead, the subsequent adventures of Marco Polo, the incredulity with which his book of travels was received, the gradual and slow confirmation of the truth of his reports as later explorations penetrated the mysterious Orient, and the fact that he may be justly regarded as the founder of the geography of A sia, have all combined to give to his narrative a certain fascination, with which no other story of travel has been invested. At first read for pure amusement, Marco Polo sbook eventually became an authoritative account of regions of the earth which were almost wholly unknown to Europe up to his time, and some portions of which even now remain unexplored by Western
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605202800
• ISBN 13: 9781605202808
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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