Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
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.
Summary:
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.
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