Marco Polo:from Venice to Xanadu
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Published: |
Alfred A. Knopf,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 415 p., [24] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781400043453 140004345X |
Index Number: | K930 |
CLC: | K930.9 |
Call Number: | K930.9/B499 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-391) and index. 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. |