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2) Marco Polo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This title introduces readers to Marco Polo, the great explorer who was the first European to explore China. Polo's life story is examined, from his early travels with father Niccolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo to China to see Kublai Khan and visit Xanadu, to his marriage to Donata Badoer, to his travels in China in the Kublai Khan's service. Polo's book The Travels of Marc Polo is covered, as is its influence on other explorers such as Christopher...
4) Marco Polo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1986.
Description
Recounts the adventures of the Italian merchant during his travels to China, based on Marco Polo's own accounts.
5) Marco Polo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
This book discusses the life of the Venetian explorer and the book based on his thirteenth-century travels along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever...
14) Marco Polo
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Description
Briefly describes the life and travels of the Italian explorer known for his adventures in China.
15) Marco Polo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents an overview of Marco Polo's life as well as his influence on history and the world.
17) Marco Polo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1991
Description
Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Marco Polo in his explorations.
Author
Series
World landmark books volume W-3
Pub. Date
[1953]
Description
A simplified story of Marco Polo's travels across Asia to visit the court of Kublai Kahn.