World Encyclopedia (Full-color Edition, 4 Volumes)

Author: Huayuan Dong
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Features: The World Encyclopedia consists of four volumes, featuring color illustrations and printed on 137g copperplate paper. It is divided into Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, and the Arctic. Humans have never lacked the spirit of exploration, especially for the vast world we inhabit. Over 700 years ago, Venetian merchant Marco Polo embarked on a perilous journey from Acre on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Beijing with his father, achieving worldwide fame with his The Travels of Marco Polo, which introduced the great and mysterious Eastern land—China to Westerners for the first time. Over 600 years ago, the Chinese explorer Zheng He led his fleet on a voyage to the Western Ocean, reaching Southeast Asia, India, and more than 30 countries and regions in Africa, allowing the Chinese to first understand the vastness and breadth of the world. Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent, bringing this unknown land into the trajectory of human civilization's development; Ferdinand Magellan's successful circumnavigation proved, through personal experience, that the Earth is round. As humans accompanied their exploratory steps into the world, they have been writing the history of civilization while understanding the world.
Entering the 21st century, terms like "economic globalization" and "global village" have become common. Interactions between nations have become frequent, and the distance between countries has been shortened. China's reform and opening-up policy has opened its doors and broken through barriers. Chinese citizens of the new century must not only possess a profound historical perspective but also a broad global vision.