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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Man, John, 1941- author.
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Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Kublai Khan, 1216-1294.
Explorers -- Italy -- Biography.
Mongols -- History.
Voyages and travels.
China -- Description and travel.
China -- Kings and rulers.
Asia -- Description and travel.
Asia -- History.
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Marco Polo : the jou...
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Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world / John Man.
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Man, John, 1941- author.
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
Subjects
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Kublai Khan, 1216-1294.
Explorers -- Italy -- Biography.
Mongols -- History.
Voyages and travels.
China -- Description and travel.
China -- Kings and rulers.
Asia -- Description and travel.
Asia -- History.
ISBN:
9780062375070 (paperback) :
0062375075 (paperback)
Description:
395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Contents:
Of truth, told and hidden -- When worlds collide -- Across the heart of Asia -- Into China -- Approaching the Khan -- Arrival in Xanadu -- The Pleasure Dome -- From Xanadu to Beijing -- Kublai's new "Great capital" -- The display of power, the power of display -- A rough guide to the Manzi -- Marco and the women -- Leaving a tattered empire -- Homeward bound -- The making of the book -- Marco and the New World -- The last work.
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Draws on the author's own parallel journey and new evidence to retraces the steps of the medieval Italian merchant who traveled from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia, to China and Xanadu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
915.0422 Ma
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915.0422 Man
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Kaimuki Public Library
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915.0422 Ma
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Waianae Public Library
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915.0422 Ma
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Waimea Public Library (Kauai)
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915.0422 Ma
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