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The City of Light
The City of Light
Author: Jacob D'Ancona, David Selbourne, Jacob
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780806524634
ISBN-10: 0806524634
Publication Date: 3/1/2003
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Citadel Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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