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Author:
Bailey, Gerry.
Title:
Marco Polo's silk purse / Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster ; illustrated by Leighton Noyes and Karen Radford.
Publisher:
Crabtree Pub. Co.,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
37 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Polo, Marco,--1254-1323?
Explorers--Italy--Biography.
Travel, Medieval.
Asia--Description and travel .
Polo, Marco,--1254-1323?--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Italy--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Travel, Medieval--Juvenile literature.
Asia--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
Foster, Karen, 1959-
Noyes, Leighton.
Radford, Karen.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Knicknack market comes to life -- Marco Polo -- Port of Venice -- Nicolo and Maffeo's adventure 1254-1269 -- Polo's caravan -- Along the silk road -- From Persia to the Hindu Kush -- On top of the world -- Xanadu -- Peking -- Chinese treasures -- Mongolia -- Polos set sail -- Home at last -- Fact or fiction -- Glossary & index.
Summary:
A factual biography of the traveler Marco Polo within a fictional storyline involving local merchants in a busy street market.
Series:
Stories of great people
ISBN:
9780778737100 (pb)
0778737101 (pb)
9780778736882 (rlb)
0778736881 (rlb)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)181600281
LCCN:
2007051259
Locations:
63SX755 -- MMCRU-Remsen PreK-8 (Remsen)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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