| Marco Polo: Journey to the End of the Earth Revised Edition Contributor(s): Brown, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750934212 ISBN-13: 9780750934213 Publisher: Sutton OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Marco Polo's journey to the ends of the earth has, for many years, been beset by doubts about its authenticity. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia Minor, explore China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator, Kublai Khan, and escape from almost certain death at the hands of Khan's successors? This book uncovers the truth of Polo's claims. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The incredible story of Marco Polo's journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia minor as a teenager, explore the length and breadth of China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator, Kublai Khan, and make his escape from almost certain death at the hands of Kublai Khan's successors? Robin Brown's book aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo's claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, "Marco Polo" places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. What emerges confirms the truth of Polo's account. Polo, scholars now agree, opened vistas to the medieval mind and stirred the interest in exploration that prompted the age of the European ocean voyages. All who now enjoy the fruits of Marco Polo's incredible journey through Asia - whether in the form of spectacles, fireworks, pasta or any of the many products of the Silk Road - will find in Robin Brown-Lowe's book a fascinating portrait of a man who made history happen by bringing about the meeting of East and West. |