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The Travels of Marco Polo is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest travel books and the memoir of the West’s most famous traveler. Composed in 1298, the book describes Marco Polos travels across the entire continent of Asia and provides the only comprehensive travelogue of a European traveler in the East in the Middle Ages.
In a magisterial geographical sweep, The Travels of Marco Polo traces Polos epic journey to the farthest reaches of...
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Everyman's library volume 313
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This extraordinary travelogue has enthralled readers for more than seven centuries. Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of the splendid cities and people he encountered on his journey along the Silk Road through the Middle East, South Asia, and China opened a window for his Western readers onto the fascinations of the East and continued to grow in popularity over the succeeding centuries. To a contemporary audience, his colorful stories--and above all,...
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Le plus célèbre récit de voyage du Moyen ge n'a pas perdu de son charme. Véritable source d'émerveillement, la vie de Marco Polo tout comme les mythes qui y sont liés nous transportent au cœur de l'Asie centrale, de la Chine, de l'Indochine et de l'océan Indien. Les manuscrits originaux étaient illustrés d'enluminures réalisées à partir des seules descriptions du voyageur ; les diverses illustrations de cet ouvrage renvoient le lecteur...
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The most renowned travel story of the Middle Ages has never lost its allure. A story of true wonder, Marco Polo's experiences as well as the reported myths, transport us to the heart of Central Asia, China, Indochina, and the Indian Ocean. The original manuscripts were accompanied with illustrations realised from the few descriptions made by the traveller. Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo, the various illustrations found here will send the...
6) In Xanadu
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Here is William Dalrymple's highly praised and greatly entertaining account of his 1986 trip made while a student at Cambridge, which retraced Marco Polo's route across land from The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to Xanadu. With him, he took a phial of Holy Oil, 600 pounds and Laura until Lahore, and Louisa from there to Xanadu. Taken on a multitude of types of transport and lasting four months, the journey takes him across Israel, Syria,...
7) Marco Polo
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1 videodisc (approximately 2 hr., 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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His personal journey changed the European understanding of the world forever. This is the absorbing true story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo's arduous trek to the East, and beyond. Literally, it's the adventure of a lifetime. Sent on a mission to accompany two priests to China with the goal of converting Kublai Khan and his court to Christianity, Marco Polo finds himself left to carry on alone when the priests turn back.
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Chronicles the journey of Belliveau and O'Donnell, two ordinary guys, as they set out to follow Polo's historic route. The film weaves footage from the duo's often perilous voyage with Marco Polo's descriptions and experiences. Detailed are their highs and lows as they retrace Polo's path, trying to see what he saw and feel what he must have felt.
11) Marco Polo
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58 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
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32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
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"Among the millions of stories ever told, the tales of the legendary explorer Marco Polo are the most renowned. Listen as an old-time scribe tells his curious young neighbor about stories that are worth remembering"--Provided by publisher"--
14) Marco Polo
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 23 cm.
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An introduction to the life of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer who traveled along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.
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32 pages : illustations (some color), color map ; 28 cm.
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Italian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo traveled across Asia. This title guides readers through his major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include what led Polo to travel to China, the Silk Road, life in Central Asia, the Chinese empire, Polo's famous book, and his legacy.
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207 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"Marco Polo, once a traveler, then a soldier, sits inside a prison cell. Battered and feverish, he speaks of his journeys -- and takes his first steps into the pages of history. The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy. As a young man, he headed eastward with his father and his uncle, toward the lands of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Their journey from Europe into Asia, marked by risks, setbacks,...
18) Marco? Polo!
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90 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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The Time Warp Trio find themselves in a desert in China, and in order to retrieve their magical book from the court of Kublai Khan, they must pose as astrologers and join the caravan of Marco Polo and his father.
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Silk and song volume 1
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210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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"Raised in a prosperous family of 14th century Chinese merchants, by the age of sixteen Wu Johanna's world reaches from Japan in the east to Tajikistan in the west. It's a world seen from camelback, through tent flaps, and in the cool, shaded caravanserai where travelers and traders gather along the Silk Road. Hers is a world of spice merchants and pearl divers, bandits and troubadours, servants and sheikhs. A world in which trust is more valuable...
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