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You must have heard his name in childhood. His travel notes are quite famous in the world. He is Marco Polo, he is a navigator and a businessman. The following begins to introduce his deeds.
Marco Polo
First voyage
His father and uncle were both famous Far Eastern trade merchants and Catholics. The two set out eastward in 1255 and did not initially want to go to China. However, there were all kinds of wars. In 1264, when they met the messengers sent by the Yuan Dynasty to the west, they decided to go to China.
Second voyage
Kublai Khan
At this time, the Eighth Crusades had just ended, and the ninth Eastern Expedition was under planning. They received a reply from Pope Gregory X to Kublai Khan and set out in 1271 to return to China. This time Niccolò brought his son Marco. They took a boat from Venice to land on the southern shore of the Black Sea, then transferred from land to Yuanshangdu (Kaiping) in 1275 and then to Dadu (Beijing).
Marco's ingenuity has always been very flattering to Kublai Khan, he has sealed many officials, and sent him to various places as the messenger of the Yuan emperor. Marco Polo has visited many places in China and has seen many more advanced cultural achievements than Europe.
Marco Polo's Travels
When the Polo family returned to Europe, they settled in Venice. The locals like to come and hear about their experiences in the East, but most of them don't believe the strange things they say.
In 1298 Marco Polo participated in the naval battle between Venice and Genoa. Defeated and captured, he spent several months in prison telling his colleagues in China about his experience in China. Rustiqian's book is Provencal and soon translated into other European languages after publication.
Since Marco Polo always described his experiences in China and other places to his inmates, he always said "million this, millions of that", so he was called "Mr. Million", and this book of travel also It is therefore called Il Milione (million).
In China, Japan and other places it is called "Marco Polo's Travel Notes", "Oriental Insights" and so on.
The original book is now missing, and several translated versions are not the same.
Marco Polo's Deeds
1. The guest of Pope ’s special envoy, Bolang, arrived in Hara and Lin, the capital of the Mongol Empire in 1246. The Marco Polo family was not the first European to come to China, but it is famous for its travel notes, which were also the most popular European Detailed Asian travel records.
2. His experience inspired Columbus and many other travellers. Many of his literary works were based on Marco Polo's travel notes. He also affected the production of maps in Europe and led to the appearance of Frau Mauro's maps. .
3. Legend has it that Marco Polo brought many things from China to Europe, such as ice cream, pizza, pasta, cheese fondue , harmonica , kite , and devil sticks.
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Enrico Dandolo is the 41st Governor of Venice, a well-known businessman and political warrior in the history of Venice.
Enrico Dandolo
Enrico Dandolo's Deeds
1. Carry out currency reform. He introduced the gross silver equivalent of 26 dinars and guaranteed a silver content of 98.5%. Grosso became the main currency for Mediterranean trade.
2. During the Fourth Crusade, he successfully induced the Crusaders to turn their spearheads from Jerusalem to Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Enrico Dandolo's Blindness
The cause of Dandolo's blindness is unclear. After the Fourth Crusade, there were rumors that he was blinded by the emperor when he expelled a Venetian merchant in Byzantium in 1171. However, this interpretation is clearly problematic, as Dandolo continued to do business and sign documents in 1171.
In Venice, it is illegal for blind people to sign documents.
According to Thomas Madden's research, Dandolo's blindness may have come from a back-brain impact between 1174 and 1176. The documents show that the documents signed by Dandolo in 1174 were completely readable, but the documents in 1176 were cluttered, indicating that his vision had gradually deteriorated.
Considering his age, it is not uncommon for older people to be blind at the time