Inhoudsopgave
Waarom ging Marco Polo naar China?
Met zijn vader Niccolò en oom Maffeo Polo bereisde hij tussen 1271 en 1295 voor Europa grotendeels onbekende gebieden zoals Perzië, China en Indië. Hij wist in dienst van de Mongoolse heerser Koeblai Khan unieke informatie over Azië te verzamelen.
Hoe is Marco Polo beroemd geworden?
De Venetiaanse koopman en ontdekkingsreiziger Marco Polo is vooral beroemd geworden door zijn reizen naar het Verre Oosten. Hij was de eerste Europese beschrijver van dit gebiedsdeel. Marco Polo Marco Polo wordt op 15 september 1254 geboren.
Was Marco Polo in China in response to wood’s book?
A number of scholars have argued in favor of the established view that Polo was in China in response to Wood’s book. The book has been criticized by figures including Igor de Rachewiltz (translator and annotator of The Secret History of the Mongols) and Morris Rossabi (author of Kublai Khan: his life and times ).
Does Marco Polo ever mention the Great Wall of China?
Furthermore, there is no mention of the Great Wall, while Marco, his father and his uncle are not recorded in any Chinese document. According to Vogel, skeptics have often overestimated the frequency of documentation and the intentions of Chinese historiographers.
Why didn’t Marco Polo mention tea in his travels?
Although Polo’s tales of exotic lands inspired Columbus and became the model for generations of explorers, scholars wondered why he did not mention tea, chopsticks, the Chinese writing system and the practice of binding women’s feet.
How accurate were Marco Polo’s economic reports?
“Polo knew what he was talking about. His reports about monetary conditions, salt production and revenue, public finance, and administrative geography are more precise and accurate than those of all the other Western, Persian and Arabian authors taken together,” Vogel said.