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100 1 $aLarner, John,$d1930-2008.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87120363
245 10 $aMarco Polo and the discovery of the world /$cJohn Larner.
260 $aNew Haven, Conn. :$bYale University Press,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axiii, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aCol. illustrations on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tImages of Asia and the Coming of the Mongols --$gCh. 2.$tThe Polos --$gCh. 3.$tMarco Polo and Rustichello --$gCh. 4.$tThe Making of the Book --$gCh. 5.$tThe Description of the World --$gCh. 6.$tVarieties of the Book --$gCh. 7.$tMarco, Merchants and Missionaries --$gCh. 8.$tMarco among the Humanists --$gCh. 9.$tColumbus and After --$gCh. 10.$tJesuits, Imperialists and a Conclusion --$gApp. I.$tA Note on Manuscripts of the Book --$gApp. II.$tTimes of Travel to China by Land --$gApp. III.$tMarco Polo and World Maps of the Fifteenth Century.
520 1 $a"After many years in Asia, Marco Polo wrote one of the most influential books of the past millennium. No mere travel account, Polo's Book is a work that played a key role in the development of European overseas expansion. In this book, historian John Larner explores for the first time the full range and influence of Polo's Book on the history of geography and exploration.
520 8 $aLarner assesses the findings of modern scholarship and offers an original account of Marco Polo and his family, of how and why the Book came into being, and of its reception over the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aPolo, Marco,$d1254-1323?$tTravels of Marco Polo.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83220339
650 0 $aVoyages and travels.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144443
650 0 $aTravel, Medieval.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137155
651 0 $aAsia$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114269
852 00 $bglx$hG370.P9$iL27 1999
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