Title:
Marco Polo : from Venice to Xanadu / Laurence Bergreen.
Author:
Bergreen, Laurence.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-391) and index.
Prologue : The Commander -- Book 1 : Europa -- 1. The merchants of Venice -- 2. The golden passport -- 3. The apprentice -- 4. The opium eater -- 5. High plains drifters -- 6. The secret history of the Mongols -- Book 2 : Asia -- 7. The universal emperor -- 8. In the service of the Khan -- 9. The struggle for survival -- 10. The general and the queen -- 11. The city of heaven -- 12. The divine wind -- Book 3 : India -- 13. The seeker -- 14. The Mongol princess -- 15. The prodigal son -- Epilogue : The storyteller -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Select bibliography -- Index.
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.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf,
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
9781400043453
140004345X
9781400078806
1400078806
Subject:
Explorers -- Italy -- Biography.
Voyages and travels.
Travel, Medieval.
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323 -- Travel.
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323 -- Travel.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Prologue : The Commander -- Book 1 : Europa -- The merchants of Venice -- The golden passport -- The apprentice -- The opium eater -- High plains drifters -- The secret history of the Mongols -- Book 2 : 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 -- Book 3 : India -- The seeker -- The Mongol princess -- The prodigal son -- Epilogue : The storyteller -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Physical Description:
415 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ;
Formatted Contents Note:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Electronic Location:
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007021860-s.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021860.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007021860-b.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007021860-d.html
Publication Date:
2007.
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