《马可波罗》的主要内容 要英文的

"The Travels of Marco Polo" presents a broad and wide-ranging panorama of Kubilai Khan's thirteenth century empire. Marco Polo is the Great Khan's emissary who is commissioned to travel throughout his empire. Marco Polo is sent to investigate and report back his findings about people, customs, culture, climate, flora and fauna, game, birds and habitation. The Great Khan's empire ranges from the Mideast and the Levant east through all the lands and kingdom to the China Sea and islands in it, north to Russia and the polar region and south to the Indian Ocean islands.
Marco Polo is believed to travel farther and more widely than anyone else in the world of his day.
The book has nine numbered chapters plus an Introduction, Prologue, Epilogue and back matter. A Genealogical Table of the Imperial Mongol House and Maps with inset pages of Marco Polo's travels provides illustrations to guide the armchair traveler. The Index offers quick access to unfamiliar names, subjects and locations discussed in the book. Chapter titles are named for a travel route or region with the exception of a chapter about the lifestyle and fortunes of the Great Kubilai Khan. "The Travels of Marco Polo" is a colorful, fast-paced and fascinating book about the tales and travels of Marco Polo on his exploration of the Great Khan's thirteenth century lifestyle, times and empire.
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