Marco Polo
Subtitle: from Venice to Xanadu
By: Laurence Bergreen
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781847243454; 9781847244796
Subjects: Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration; Discoveries in geography
Description: Between 1271 and 1275, Marco Polo, accompanied his father Niccolo and uncle Maffeo on a journey east from Acre, Israel, into central Asia along the Silk Route, to China. Many years later when the Venetians were defeated in a fierce sea battle with rival Italian republic Genoa, he was captured and thrown in gaol, where he told his story.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-391) and index.