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Author:

Bergreen, Laurence.

Title:

Marco Polo : from Venice to Xanadu / Laurence Bergreen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

415 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Polo, Marco,--1254-1323?--Travel.
Explorers--Italy--Biography.
Voyages and travels.
Asia--Description and travel.
Travel, Medieval.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-391) and index.

Contents:

Index. Book 1 : Europa -- 15. The merchants of Venice -- 2. The golden passport -- 3. The apprentice -- 4. The opium eater -- 5. High plains drifters -- 6. The secret history of the Mongols -- Book 2 : Asia -- 7. The universal emperor -- 8. In the service of the Khan -- 9. The struggle for survival -- 10. The general and the queen -- 11. The city of heaven -- 12. The divine wind -- Book 3 : India -- 13. The seeker -- 14. The Mongol princess -- 15. The prodigal son -- Epilogue : The storyteller -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

140004345X
9781400043453

OCLC:

(OCoLC)137244730

LCCN:

2007021860

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