Marco Polo : from Venice to Xanadu /

Bergreen, Laurence.

Marco Polo : from Venice to Xanadu / Laurence Bergreen. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. - 415 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.

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

Europa -- The merchants of Venice -- The golden passport -- The apprentice -- The opium eater -- High plains drifters -- The secret history of the Mongols -- Asia -- The universal emperor -- In the service of the Khan -- The struggle for survival -- The general and the queen -- The city of heaven -- The divine wind -- India -- The seeker -- The Mongol princess -- The prodigal son -- The storyteller.

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Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? --Travel.


Explorers--Italy--Biography.
Voyages and travels.
Travel, Medieval.


Asia--Description and travel.

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