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Essay Instructions: The Venetian trader Marco Polo was an exceptionally astute observer as he traveled the caravan routes to China, Tibet, and India. Write of what he saw, what he came in time to understand differently, and both how he was aided by and hindered by his own cultural lens or biases on his travels.

Robin Brown. Marco Polo: The Incredible Journey. Sutton Publishers, United Kingdom, 2005.

Essay Instructions: Compare and Contrast paper. On these two books:
1)Calvino, Italo. "Invisible Cities". New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
2)Polo, Marco. "The Travels:Marco Polo". London: Penguin, 2004

We have to compare and contrast the midieval text with the modern literary work it inspired. Some questions to consider: What was changed? What was kepted? How do the two works deal with issues of character, plot, and setting? Within the story, what are the characters attitudes to the weird and magical? Why is the modern text an easier read?
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I have already ordered this once, it was canceled and I need your help because it is due tomorrow.

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The publishing company "Marco Polo" is setting up a new publishing venture to publish travel guides to exotic destinations.

At the start of the year he borrows ?100,000 from the bank, at an annual interest rate of 5%, and invests ?20,000 of his own money to start up the business.

He publishes ten travel guides together in the last three months of the year. He does all the editorial and production work himself without drawing a salary, and he uses freelance marketing and sales help to launch the books.

To produce each of the ten guides he spends ?5000 on writing fees, ?2,500 to typeset and design, and ?8,000 to print 5000 copies. Thus the books have a unit cost of ?3.10 and his total writing and production cost is ?155,000 (?15,500 for each Guide). Marco Polo applies all the production costs to the first print run (that is the writing, typesetting and design and printing costs).

The guides retail at ?9.95, but for each copy, after average discount of 40%, he realises only ?6.00 in sales revenue. By the end of the year he manages to sell 3000 copies of each of the ten titles, making a total of 30,000 copies sold and ?180,000 in total sales revenue.

At the end of the first year he has incurred the following additional expenses:

Marketing and selling costs: ?25,000
Distribution costs ?12,600
Other overheads ?10,000
Interest payments ?5,000
Total expenses ?52,600

At the end of the year he has so far received ?90,000 in payment for sales made. The remaining invoiced sales revenue is still owed to him by retail booksellers.

1. Calculate the gross profit and net profit made by Marco Polo after one year of trading. What is your assessment of the performance of his publishing business after a year? (max 250 words)

2. In order to develop the business further what financial matters should Marco Polo be taking into account? What changes might Marco Polo consider making to his business model? (max 400 words)

Essay Instructions: USING THE BOOK, MARCO POLO THE TRAVELS, TRANSLATED AND WITH INTRODUCTION BY RONALD LATHAM, I NEED A 6 PAGE ESSAY THAT ANSWERS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE AUTHOR'S "WESTERN EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE" COLOR HIS ACCOUNT OF THE MIDDLE AND FAR EAST? WHAT CULTURALLY BASED ASSUMPTIONS DOES HE MAKE IN HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS PEOPLES AND PLACES?

THIS NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN IN A FONT OF TIMES NEW ROMAN 12, DOUBLE SPACED WITH 1 INCH MARGINS. PAGES SHOULD BE NUMBERED IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.