Jacob d'Ancona
Author of The City of Light
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- Canonical name
- d'Ancona, Jacob
- Other names
- Selbourne, David
- Birthdate
- 1937-06-04
- Date of death
- mort
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
UK - Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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The City Of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo by Jacob d'Ancona
This is an account written by a Jewish man who journeyed to and lived in China, even prior to Marco Polo. His writing style is quite different from that of the Venician.
In 1990, renowned Jewish scholar David Selbourne is shown a manuscript that has lain hidden for seven centuries in a private collection. The manuscript is in medieval Italian and purports to be the first-hand account of a journey made by a Jewish merchant from the town of Ancona in Northern Italy to the city of Zaitun in China in the years 1270 to 1273.
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