马可波罗游记（英文）

　　prologue
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　　Ⅱ Of Armenia Minor-Of the Port of Laiassus-And of the Boundanries of the Province
　　Ⅲ Of the Province called Turkomania， where are the Cities of Kogni， Kaisariah， and Sevasta， and of its Commerce
　　Ⅳ Of Armenia Major， in which are the Cities of Arzingan， Argiron，and Darziz-Of  the Castle of Paipurth-Of the Mountain where the Ark of Noah rested-Of the   Boundaries of the province-And of a Remarkable Fountain of Oil
　　Ⅴ Of the Province of Zorzania and its Boundaries-Of the Pass where Alexander the Great constructed the Gate of Iron-And of the miraculous Circumstances   attending a Fountain at Teflis
　　Ⅵ　Of the Province of Mosul and its different Inhabitants-Of the People named Kurds-And of the Trade of this Country
　　Ⅶ Of the great city of Baldach or Bagadet，anciently called Babylon-Of the  Navigation from thence to Balsara，situated in what is termed the Sea of  india，but properly the Persian Gulf-And of the variors sciences studied in that city
　　Ⅶ Concerning the Capture and Death of the Khalif of Baldach，and the miraculous  Removal of a Mountain
　　Ⅸ　Of the noble City of Tauris，in Irak，and of its Commercial and other Inhabitants
　　Ⅹ Of the Monastery of Saint Barsamo，in the Neighbourhood of Tauris
　　Ⅺ Of the Province of Persia
　　Ⅻ Of the Names the Eight Kingdoms that constitute the Province of Persia and of the Breed of Horses and of Asses found therein
　　XIII Of the city of yasdi and its Manufactures，and of the Animals found in the Country between that place and Kierman
　　XIV Of the Kingdom of Kierman，by the Ancients named Karmania-Of its Fossil and Mineral Productions-Its Manufactures-Its Falcons-And of a great Descent observed upon passing out of that Country
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　　马可波罗（1254-1324），出生于意大利商业城市威尼斯，16岁时便随家人离开威尼斯，前往中国元朝。20岁时，抵达上都，觐见忽必烈、成为忽必烈之臣下，在中国居住长达17年之久，《马可波罗游记》便是根据他在中国的见闻所著。

　　《马可波罗游记（英文）》作者马可波罗是中世纪大旅行家，是使西方人了解中国的重要人物之一。他的《游记》在西方世界产生了重大影响。书中马可波罗向西方展示了迷人的中国文明，开阔了欧洲人的眼界，使他们由最初把它视为天方夜谭到逐渐认识了它的真正价值。《游记》对中国及亚洲其他国家和民族的政治社会情况、风俗习惯、宗教信仰、土特产品、逸闻奇事一一笔之于书，朴实无华，生动有趣，成为西方人了解中国的窗口。马可波罗出生在意大利。在他二十几岁的时候，他随父亲和叔父到达中国，居住了17年。在他返回故乡以后，马可波罗参加了一场海战，结果兵败被俘入狱。他在狱中口述其在东方的见闻，由同狱难友为之笔录，这就是举世闻名的《马可波罗游记》。最权威的、迄今仍具极高学术价值的《马可波罗游记》英译本。在我们跟随马可波罗的妙笔游历东方的同时，学习最纯正英语。