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Marco Polo's Silk Road

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher : Watkins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780280158
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo's Silk Road written by Marco Polo and published by Watkins Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1290s, an imprisoned Venetian merchant dictated an account of his amazing adventures in China. That book, The Travels of Marco Polo, was an instant success. Though scholars once derided Polo's tale, today's historians accept it as accurate. The original manuscripts are long lost, but now, for the first time, a modernized hybrid edition has been compiled from translations by William Marsden and Henry Yule. Comprising nearly 150 chapters, this superbly illustrated, silk-bound abridgement of this seminal work is a treasure worthy of its subject.--Publisher description.

Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road

Author : Cath Senker
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403497512
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road written by Cath Senker and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Marco Polo manage to walk across all of Asia? Why did he become a favorite of fabled Mongol ruler Kublai Khan? Why was he not recognized on his return home? More than 700 years ago, merchants grew rich trading silks, spices, and glittering jewels between Europe and East Asia. Marco Polo decided to see for himself the mysterious lands of the East, and embarked on an expedition lasting 24 years. The account of his epic journey astounded people throughout Europe. Find out how Marco Polo braved bandits, sandstorms, mountains, pirates, and deadly diseases along the Silk Road and Spice Route. Discover how he became a spy for Kublai Khan, saw treasures beyond his dreams, brought riches home to Italy, and wrote one of the greatest travel books of all time.

Marco Polo

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756511470
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Marco Polo

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756501808
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Did Marco Polo Go To China?

Author : Frances Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429980620
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Did Marco Polo Go To China? written by Frances Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made it past the Black Sea, where his family conducted business as merchants.Marco Polo's travels from Venice to the exotic and distant East, and his epic book describing his extraordinary adventures, A Description of the World, ranks among the most famous and influential books ever published. In this fascinating piece of historical detection, marking the 700th anniversary of Polo's journey, Frances Wood questions whether Marco Polo ever reached the country he so vividly described. Why, in his romantic and seemingly detailed account, is there no mention of such fundamentals of Chinese life as tea, foot-binding, or even the Great Wall? Did he really bring back pasta and ice cream to Italy? And why, given China's extensive and even obsessive record-keeping, is there no mention of Marco Polo anywhere in the archives?Sure to spark controversy, Did Marco Polo Go to China? tries to solve these and other inconsistencies by carefully examining the Polo family history, Marco Polo's activities as a merchant, the preparation of his book, and the imperial Chinese records. The result is a lucid and readable look at medieval European and Chinese history, and the characters and events that shaped this extraordinary and enduring myth.

Marco Polo for Kids

Author : Janis Herbert
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1556523777
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo for Kids written by Janis Herbert and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Far East comes alive in this activity book centered on Marco Polo’s journey to China from Venice along the 13th-century Silk Road. Kids will join Marco as he travels by caravan through vast deserts and over steep mountain ranges, stopping in exotic cities and humble villages, until at last he arrives at the palace of the Kublai Khan. Woven throughout the tale are 21 activities that highlight the diverse cultures Marco encountered along the way. Activities include making a mythical map, creating a mosaic, fun with Feng Shui, making paper, and putting on a wayang-kulit (shadow-puppet play). Just for fun, kids will learn a few words of Turkish, Persian, Mongol, Hindi, and Chinese. A complete resource section with magnificent museums and their Web sites invites kids to embark on their own expedition of discovery.

Marco Polo

Author : Lilya Pavlovic-Dear
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788691078508
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Lilya Pavlovic-Dear and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Macro Polo

Author : Kalyani Mookherji
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 8184304439
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Macro Polo written by Kalyani Mookherji and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager and merchant who was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia through China, visiting the Kublai Khan in Beijing. Marco's story has inspired countless other adventurers to set off and see the world.

Tales of the Silk Road

Author : james murphy
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781479396337
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Silk Road written by james murphy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Silk Road describes one of the author's several journeys between Europe and the Orient. The trip sought routes taken by Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, and Papal emissaries. Beginning in Venice, as did Polo, the path led mostly overland through Anatolia and Central Asia and China before proceeding to Islamabad via the Karakoram Highway and the Khunjerab Pass. Tales of the Silk Road mixes travel descriptions of exotic lands with careful social assessments and intense personal experiences. Historical context supports the tales.

Following Marco Polo's Silk Road

Author : Brian Lawrenson
Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781439249420
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Following Marco Polo's Silk Road written by Brian Lawrenson and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Marco Polo's Silk Road is Brian and Jill Lawrenson's personal account of their adventure-filled journey as they pursue the historical legend and mythic hero, Marco Polo. Beginning in Italy, Marco Polo's point of origin, they embark on a sometimes light-hearted, sometimes perilous journey along the celebrated Silk Road, named for the series of trade routes used to connect China to the Mediterranean world and North Africa during the 3rd Century and beyond. Along the way, Brian and Jill explore the modern peoples and cultures that have grown up in Marco Polo's footsteps and uncover the truths vs. the myths of the actual voyages of this famed Italian explorer. Told as part travelogue and part narrative quest, Following Marco Polo's Silk Road tells an intimate and thrilling tale of wanderlust, the exploration of human diversity and the love of pure adventure for adventure's sake. This book will please travel fans and anyone who loves the romance of history.

Marco Polo

Author : Jason Porterfield
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508171521
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Jason Porterfield and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon returning to his native Venice from a nearly 25-year journey through Asia, Marco Polo fueled the Western imagination with his tales about the splendors of the East. This lively biography follows Marco’s intrepid family as they navigate the spice stalls, caravansaries, and dangers that once populated the Silk Road and enter Kublai Khan’s Mongol court in China, where they served as advisors. Readers will learn about the Polos’ importance as cultural emissaries at a time of limited global exchange and how Marco’s account of their travels—whether fact or fiction—heralded the later golden age of exploration.

The Last Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Countess Alexandra Tolstoy
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592282012
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Secrets of the Silk Road by : Countess Alexandra Tolstoy

Download or read book The Last Secrets of the Silk Road written by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young Englishwomen retrace the ancient Silk Road--4,500 miles in eight months by horse and camel.

The Silk Road

Author : Frances Wood
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520243408
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Silk Road written by Frances Wood and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more than 5000 years.

Marco Polo

Author : Alexander Zelenyj
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778724179
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Alexander Zelenyj and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separates fact from myth using excerpts from Polo's actual journals and illustrations and photos to portray Polo himself and his impressions of the unique traditions and customs of the Mongols.

Marco Polo & the Silk Road

Author : Ingram Book Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608946709
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo & the Silk Road written by Ingram Book Group and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

Author : Denis Belliveau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742557375
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book In the Footsteps of Marco Polo written by Denis Belliveau and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did Marco Polo reach China? This richly illustrated companion volume to the public television film chronicles the remarkable two-year expedition of explorers Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell as they sought the answer to this controversial 700-year-old question. With Polo's book, The Travels of Marco Polo, as their guide, they journeyed over 25,000 miles becoming the first to retrace his entire path by land and sea without resorting to helicopters or airplanes. Surviving deadly skirmishes and capture in Afghanistan, they were the first Westerners in a generation to cross its ancient forgotten passageway to China, the Wakhan Corridor. Their camel caravan on the southern Silk Road encountered the deadly singing sands of the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. In Sumatra, where Polo was stranded waiting for trade winds, they lived with the Mentawai tribes, whose culture has remained unchanged since the Bronze Age. They became among the first Americans granted visas to enter Iran, where Polo fulfilled an important mission for Kublai Khan. Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color photographs, the text provides a fascinating account of the lands and peoples the two hardy adventurers encountered during their perilous journey. The authors' experiences are remarkably similar to descriptions from Polo's account of his own travels and life. Laden with adventure, humor, diplomacy, history, and art, this book is compelling proof that travel is the enemy of bigotry—a truth that resonates from Marco Polo's time to our own.

The Silk Road

Author : Kathy Ceceri
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1619300648
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book The Silk Road written by Kathy Ceceri and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas across Central Asia between two major centers of civilization, the Mediterranean Sea and China. In The Silk Road: Explore the World’s Most Famous Trade Route, readers ages 9–12 will learn about the history, geography, culture, and people of the Silk Road region. Marco Polo was just one of many who set out on the Silk Road in search of wealth, power, or knowledge. These adventurers braved vast deserts, towering mountain peaks, warring tribes, and marauding bandits. Silk garments, wool rugs, and fine glass were the prizes for those who survived the trip. Activities using everyday materials bring the Silk Road to life. Young readers will see how ideas in math, science, religion, and art were spread by travelers along with the treasures they found. The Silk Road takes readers on an exciting, interactive adventure to a faraway place and celebrates its important role in human history and development. .