Adventures and discoveries of Marco Polo /

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Author / Creator:Walsh, Richard J. (Richard John), 1886-1960.
Imprint:New York : Random House, c1953.
Description:183 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:World landmark books, W-3
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy is the Gift of Barbara and Bill Yoffee, AB '52, in original dust jacket.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9278069
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Other uniform titles:Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Travels of Marco Polo.
Barbara and Bill Yoffee Collection.
Notes:"Based upon Marco Polo's own book."
Summary:Simplified account of the 13th century trek of Marco Polo across Central Asia to the Orient and the wonders he found at the court of the Kublai Khan.
Table of Contents:
  • Kublai Khan
  • The great desert
  • Siberia and the Mongols
  • The real China
  • The conquest of Burma
  • Farewell to China
  • India
  • Venice and Genoa.