Details the life and travels of the explorer who journeyed from Italy to China in the thirteenth century and documented his experiences in a revolutionary travel memoir.
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Seventeen-year-old Marco Polo becomes one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia and finds adventure as a trusted companion of the legendary Kublai Khan.
Marco Polo
Upon returning to his native Venice from a nearly 25-year journey through Asia, Marco Polo fueled the Western imagination with his tales about the splendors of the East.
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A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer whose book about his travels across Asia and work for Kubla Khan helped to launch the Age of Exploration.
Marco Polo was 17 the first time he saw his father.
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 ...
Included is a gorgeous new map tracing his journey, and 29 full page illustrations from an early edition written for adults. The text in this edition is a reprint of the original Messner Biography, a series that was created for students.
Follows the adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who wrote a famous account of his travels in Asia and his life at the court of Kublai Khan.
“When a man has done a crime such that he must die and that the lord wishes to have him killed, then he who must be killed says that he wishes to kill himself for the honor and for the love of such an idol.
Marco Polo : The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World . Washington , D.C .: National Geographic , 2006 . McNeese , Tim . Marco Polo and the Realm of Kublai Khan . Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers , 2006 . Otfinoski , Steven .
A biography of the Italian explorer who became famous for his travels in Asia.
Marco Tabilio, an emerging talent of Italian cartooning, creates a graphic novel in the form of a puzzle and finds the coming-of-age tale within the legend of Marco Polo.
Highlights the life of Italian explorer Marco Polo, his travels in the Orient, and his work as the regional ambassador of Kublai Khan.
Recounts the life of the great explorer who traveled more than thirty thousand miles by land and sea from Italy to China in the thirteenth century, and who was instrumental in opening up the East to Europeans.
This edition is presented complete and unabridged, with larger text for easier reading by younger readers, and all the original illustrations and decorations.
Giulio Busi accompagna Marco Polo lungo le carovaniere d'Oriente, alla corte del Gran Qan, in città remote dai tetti lucenti.
The young Venetian, Marco Polo, is on his way to the Emperor's court in Peking when he meets four intrepid time travellers: the elderly Doctor, his granddaughter Susan, and their companions Ian and Barbara.