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Marco Polo : from Venice to Xanadu / Laurence Bergreen.

Summary:

A portrait of the thirteenth-century explorer, adventurer, and global traveler follows Marco Polo from his youth in Venice to his journey to Asia and role in the court of Kublai Khan, to his return to Europe, and discusses his influence on the history of his era.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400043453
  • ISBN: 9781400078806
  • ISBN: 140004345X
  • Physical Description: 415 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-391) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Europa -- The merchants of Venice -- The golden passport -- The apprentice -- The opium eater -- High plains drifters -- The secret history of the Mongols -- Asia -- The universal emperor -- In the service of the Khan -- The struggle for survival -- The general and the queen -- The city of heaven -- The divine wind -- India -- The seeker -- The Mongol princess -- The prodigal son -- The storyteller.
Subject:
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? > Travel.
Explorers > Italy > Biography.
Travel, Medieval.
Voyages and travels.
Asia > Description and travel.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 28 of 28 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library BIO POLO (Text) 36015000711289 Adult Biography Available -