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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...

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

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.

Recounts the life of the great explorer who traveled more than thirty thousand miles by land and sea from Italy to China in the thirteenth century, and who was instrumental in opening up the East to Europeans.

Presents an overview of Marco Polo's life as well as his influence on history and the world.

A Biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.

Presents a comic book version of the story of thirteenth-century explorer Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan.