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Marco Polo : Marco Polo and the Silk Road to China / by Michael Burgan.

Author/creator Burgan, Michael
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoMinneapolis : Compass Point Books, ©2002.
Description48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?--Travel --Juvenile literature.
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Explorers--Italy --Biography --Juvenile literature.
Travel, Medieval--Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
Voyages and travels.
Asia--Description and travel --Juvenile literature.
Asia--Description and travel.
Series Exploring the world
Exploring the world. ^A630813
Contents Explorer of Asia -- A city--and family--of traders -- Into Mongol lands -- Contact between Asia and Western Europe -- Marco's adventure begins -- Through the Middle East and beyond -- Servant of the great Khan -- Going home -- Soldier, prisoner, merchant -- Marco Polo today.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
LCCN 2001004731
ISBN0756501806
Stock number1073212 QBI

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