Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World (National Geographic World History Biographies (Library)) - Hardcover

McCarty, Nick

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9780792258933: Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World (National Geographic World History Biographies (Library))

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ISBN 10: 0792258932 ISBN 13: 9780792258933

Publisher: National Geographic Society, 2006

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In a life of ceaseless exploration, Marco Polo pushed out the borders of his narrow medieval world.

Born in Venice in 1254, the young Marco Polo first met his father at age 15, when the elder Polo returned from a trading expedition to the East. The father's tales of the court of the Kublai Khan in China ignited a lifelong passion for adventure in the son.

The Polos set out for China in 1271, traveling through the Middle East, across the Gobi Desert, to Khanbaliq in China. The journey took four years. Kublai Khan took a great liking to Marco Polo, employing him as a spy throughout his vast empire. Marco traveled and observed the cultures of Sumatra, Sri Lanka, and India in this capacity. His notes later became one of the world's great travel books, The Description of the World.

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"This book...traces the life of Marco Polo in entertaining and educational fashion. The prose flows well and encourages readers to keep reading."-- Social Studies for Kids

About the Author:

Nick McCarty is an author and an award-winning scriptwriter for television and radio. He lives in London, England.

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