Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu (Vintage)
- 作者: Laurence Bergreen
- 出版社/メーカー: Vintage
- 発売日: 2008/10/21
- メディア: ペーパーバック
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Laurence Bergreen Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu*1から；
Marco, like other Western wayfarers of the era, remained vague about what he meant by “India.” Europeans often referred to “the Three India” or to a “Greater” and a “Lesser” India―all rather flexible terms. Each writer or traveler reconfigured “India” to suit his purpose or preconceptions, and Marco was no exception. In any case, India was for him a byword for escape more than an actual place on the map. (p.267)
*1:Mentioned in http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20161121/1479660658
