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1	Journeyer more books like this by Gary Jennings add to wishlist The epic journeys of Marco Polo are recreated in a historical saga that follows the adventures of the Venetian explorer from medieval Italy, along the perilous Silk Road, to the Chinese court of Kublai Khan. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.91! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Invisible Cities more books like this by Italo Calvino add to wishlist This novel takes the form of a series of conversations between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, in which the traveler recounts for the emperor fabulous tales of cities he has known--cities that are imaginary, exotic, and haunting in their strangeness. As the two men talk, the boundaries between reality and illusion become less clear, until they ... see all copies from $3.96! new only from $6.80! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World more books like this by Mr. John Larner add to wishlist No mere travel account, the book that Marco Polo wrote after many years in Asia became one of the most influential of the millennium. Historian John Larner here explores for the first time the full range of influence of Polo's Book on the history of geography and exploration, showing why the work cam into being and how it played a key role in the ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $23.95! \| first editions
4	Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu more books like this by Laurence Bergreen add to wishlist In this authoritative biography of one of the most fascinating figures in world history, Marco Polos incredible odyssey--along the Silk Road and through all the fantastic circumstances of his life--is chronicled in sumptuous and illuminating detail. Illustrated. see all copies from $6.24! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	After you, Marco Polo. more books like this by Jean Bowie Shor add to wishlist see all copies from $2.12! signed copies \| SVS
6	Marco Polo (Discovery Bio)(Oop) more books like this by Charles P Graves add to wishlist Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Marco Polo in his explorations. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $77.61! \| first editions
7	The Plague Lord: Bloody Murder at the Court of Kublai Khan more books like this by Paul C Doherty add to wishlist Thirteenth-century China, and the legendary Kublai Khan rules over Cathay and the Middle Kingdom. Of his many ministers and advisors, his favourite is a foreigner -- the Venetian Marco Polo, whose understanding of the language and etiquette of the court is exemplary, and whose advice is widely sought. So when a flood of portents, strange visions ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Adventures of Marco Polo more books like this by Russell Freedman add to wishlist He claimed to have seen rocks burn, bandits command sandstorms, lions tamed with a look, and sorcerers charm sharks while divers gathered pearls on the ocean floor. Marco Polo shook Europe with descriptions of the world he'd seen on his epic journey to the court of Kublai Khan. But was Marco Polo the world's most accomplished explorer? Had he ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $5.06! \| first editions \| SVS
9	In the Footsteps of Marco Polo more books like this by Denis Belliveau, Francis O'Donnell add to wishlist Ardent explorers and adventurers Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell followed Marco Polo's route from beginning to end-starting in Venice and trekking through Central Asia, Afghanistan, and ultimately China-traveling 33,000 miles through 20 countries over two years; in jeeps, trains and rickshaws; astride horses and camel; and on foot. The ... see all copies from $7.97! new only from $18.07! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Marco Polo more books like this by Susan L Roth add to wishlist Marco Polo's travels are recorded in a diary and scrapbook such as the great explorer might have kept. see all copies from $7.89! first editions
11	Who Was Marco Polo? more books like this by Joan Holub, John O'Brien (Illustrator) add to wishlist Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
12	Marco Polo more books like this by Gian Paolo Ceserani add to wishlist Follows the adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who wrote a famous account of his travels in Asia and his life at the court of Kublai Khan. see all copies from $8.94! first editions
13	Marco Polo more books like this by Manuel Komroff, British Travel and Holidays Association add to wishlist A biography of the Venetian traveler whose trips throughout Asia and China gave the European world its first knowledge of the Far East. see all copies from $4.80! SVS
14	Did Marco Polo Go to China? more books like this by Frances Wood add to wishlist Contrary to an assumption basic to European and Chinese historythe tales of Marco Polos journey to ChinaFrances Wood argues that he not only never went to China, but probably never ventured past his family home on the Black Sea. Instead, his imagination fueled by stories garnered from other traders and with the help of a ghostwriter, Polo may ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $26.34! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	Marco Polo: A Journey Through China more books like this by Fiona MacDonald add to wishlist Describes Marco Polo's travels through Asia, and discusses the people and cultures he encountered. see all copies from $3.35!
16	Tracking Marco Polo more books like this by Timothy Severin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $172.52! \| first editions
17	Caravan to Xanadu, a novel of Marco Polo. more books like this by Edison Marshall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Marco? Polo! more books like this by Jon Scieszka, Adam McCauley (Illustrator) add to wishlist Joe, Fred, and Sam experience sandstorms, desert bandits, a smelly camel, andstrange horoscopes, as they travel back to 13th-century China where they meetexplorer Marco Polo. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| first editions \| SVS
19	M Polo&sleep Beaut more books like this by Avram Davidson, Grania Davis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World more books like this by Nick McCarty add to wishlist In a life of ceaseless exploration, Marco Polo pushed out the borders of his narrow medieval world. Born in Venice in 1254, the young Marco Polo first met his father at age 15, when the elder Polo returned from a trading expedition to the East. The father's tales of the court of the Kublai Khan in China ignited a lifelong passion for adventure in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.31! \| SVS
21	The book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East more books like this by Marco Polo, Sir Henry Yule add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	El Turno del Escriba by Graciela Montes, Ema Wolf add to wishlist It is the year 1298 and Rustichello de Pisa, is living his fourteenth year as a Genoese prisoner of war. An old and tired scribe who had once transcribed manuscripts for the most important royal crowns of Europe is now abandoned to his own destiny with no monarch willing to pay for his release. Fate, however, gives him a new opportunity in the ... see all copies from $4.36! new only from $10.29! \| SVS
23 view cover	Marco Polos Travels on Asia's Silk Road more books like this by Cath Senker add to wishlist How did Marco Polo manage to walk across all of Asia? Why did he become a favorite of fabled Mongol ruler Kublai Khan? Why was he not recognized on his return home? More than 700 years ago, merchants grew rich trading silks, spices, and glittering jewels between Europe and East Asia. Marco Polo decided to see for himself the mysterious lands of ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.24! \| SVS
24 view cover	Messer Marco Polo more books like this by Donn Byrne add to wishlist Donn Byrne was a storyteller, the last, as he himself explained, of a long line of Irish storytellers. He belonged to the school of the romantic, the rhetorical, the magical--in short to the stylists of storytelling. Here is the convincing and unscholarly tale of Marco Polo's courtship of Golden Bells, the daughter of Kubla Khan, and of his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Marco Polo: The Incredible Journey more books like this by Robin Brown, Jeremy Catto (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $5.68! new only from $6.05! \| first editions

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