TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardy-Gould, Janet
TI  - Marco Polo and the Silk Road
SN  - 9780194236393 (pbk)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Polo, Marco,
KW  - Graded Readers
KW  - Deserts
KW  - Books
KW  - Asia
KW  - Discovery and Exploration
KW  - Explorers
KW  - Italy
KW  - Biography
KW  - Silk Road
KW  - Description and Travel
KW  - Venice
KW  - 13th Century
N1  - Includes glossary and reading activities
; "For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderful cities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a traveller could die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps one day his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travel with them to great markets in faraway places. For young Marco Polo, later the greatest traveller of his time, a dangerous, exciting world was waiting..." (Book Cover)
; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. The most famous traveller of all; 2. Early years in Venice; 3. Niccolo and Maffeo Polo; 4. The Mongol Empire; 
5. The Silk Road
; 6. Marco leaves Venice; 7. From Hormuz to Khanbaliq; 8. At the court of the Khan; 
9. Working for the Khan
; 10. Going home; 11. The travellers return
; 12. After Marco Polo
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