Bibliograph

Marco Polo, Marco Polo and the Silk Road to China, by Michael Burgan

Type

Label

Marco Polo, Marco Polo and the Silk Road to China, by Michael Burgan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Marco Polo

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

47803838

Responsibility statement

by Michael Burgan

Series statement

Exploring the world

Sub title

Marco Polo and the Silk Road to China

Summary

A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer whose book about his travels across Asia and work for Kubla Khan helped to launch the Age of Exploration

Table Of Contents

Explorer of Asia -- A city--and family--of traders -- Into Mongol lands -- Contact between Asia and Western Europe -- Marco's adventure begins -- Through the Middle East and beyond -- Servant of the great Khan -- Going home -- Soldier, prisoner, merchant -- Marco Polo today

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification