The City of Light

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Citadel Press, 2003 - 538 pàgines
In 1270 a scholarly Jewish merchant called Jacob d'Ancona set out on a voyage from Italy. A year later, he arrived in China at the coastal metropolis of Zaitun, the "City of Light" (now known as Quanzhou), four years before Marco Polo arrived at Xanadu in 1275. Nothing was known of this epochal journey until 1990, when David Selbourne was shown d'Ancona's account of his travels, a remarkable manuscript that had been hidden from public view for more than seven centuries. Eventually translated and edited by Selbourne and published in Great Britain in October 1997 as The City of Light, the account was praised as providing an unparalleled insight into life in the medieval world.
Vivid and insightful, this account has great historical significance. It not only describes the adventures of a medieval trader, but also comments on Chinese society and manners through the eyes of a European man of learning. The City of Light brings spectacularly to life d'Ancona's encounter with one of the world's great civilizations.
 

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It was in the year 1270
14
Our Salvation from the Sea
71
A City of Measureless Trade
120
In the Darkness and in the Light
161
Among the Learnèd
205
The Law of Freedom
242
The Adversary
330
Clouds of Mortality
360
The End was Good
413
Epilogue
431
Glossary
475
Notes and References
493
Index
527
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