| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 x 27 cm |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.7 2.0 109092. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A look at the life of Marco Polo. |
| Contents |
Nothing but the truth -- Opening illustration, Passage through the Pamir Mountains / Bagram Ibatoulline -- The Polo brothers -- Opening illustration, Venice in the MIddle Ages / Bagram Ibatoulline -- The road to Cathay -- Opening illustration, At night in the desert of emptiness, and map / Bagram Ibatoulline -- In the court of Kublai Khan -- Opening illustration, The great Khan on his throne -- The city of heaven -- Opening illustration, The lake of Quinsai / Bagram Ibatoulline -- Homeward bound -- Opening illustration, the convoy of the Blue Princess, and map / Bagram Ibatoulline -- Did Marco Polo go to China? -- Author's note -- Art note : including all archival art descriptions and source notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? -- Pictorial works.
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Explorers -- Italy -- Biography -- Pictorial works.
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Storytelling -- Pictorial works.
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Travel, Medieval -- Pictorial works.
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Asia -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works.
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Explorers -- Biography -- Pictorial works.
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| ISBN |
043952394X reinforced |
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0439523958 alkaline paper |
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9780439523950 alkaline paper |
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9780439523943 |
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