Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on a Latin edition of the book of Marco Polo

In the year 1324 , already a sick man , Polo wrote his testament , wherein the gold paytsza ( credential tag ) from the Tatar khan (he got it from his uncle Maffeo , who in turn bequeathed it to Mark in 1310 ). Marco Polo had died , probably in 1324 in Venice , being rich with local merchants , for which he was nicknamed " Millionaire » (Masser Millioni), and was buried in the church of San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo di Venezia). In 1596 his house , where, according to legend, kept things brought him from the Chinese campaign, burned. The church in which he was buried in the XIX century was demolished .

Book by Marco Polo

The Book of Marco Polo to 1865 stood 57 publications in 9 languages of Europe. Substantially amended in 1824 by handwriting indefinite period of time , which at the time was 85 pieces. «Marcho Polos Reysebuch», - Nuremberg, 1477 , 120 p. German, volume 21280 characters, containing about 5% of the modern text Augsburg, 1481 , reprint of the book Nuremberg first Latin edition, published either in Rome or Venice, supposedly in 1484 or in 1490 ( seen printed in the restricted printing at a later time);first Italian edition , Venice, 1496; first Portuguese edition, Lisbon, 1502; the first Spanish edition , 1520; first authentic Latin edition , 1532; third German edition , 1534;

Не знайшли потрібну інформацію? Скористайтесь пошуком google:

Генерація сторінки за: 0.003 сек.