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| Author | "Jacob d'Ancona" (purported) |
|---|---|
| Translator | David Selbourne |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The City of Light or The City Of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo is a book purportedly made by a scholarly Jewish merchant called "Jacob d'Ancona" who wrote in vernacular Italian, an account of a trading venture he made, in which he reached China in 1271, four years before Marco Polo. The narrative contains political debates about the future of the city in which he engaged with the aid of a translator of mixed Italian and Chinese ancestry. The book is considered to be a forgery.
The book is published in English with a translation by David Selbourne.