
Details
Author | Bankston, John |
Binding | Library Bound |
Copyright | 2014 |
Dewey Number | 910.92 |
Dimensions | 6.5 x 9.25 |
Features | full-color photos, ancient craft, ancient recipe, historical timeline, further reading, chronology, works consulted, glossary, index |
Interest Level | Intermediate, Middle |
Reading Level | 4.4 |
Review | Click here for review |
Series | Junior Biography from Ancient Civilizations Set 1 |
Series ISBN | 9781612284408 |
Pages | 48 |
Subject | Marco, Medieval, Asia, Explorers, Polo, Travel |
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was 17 the first time he saw his father. Soon after, he joined his father and uncle on a trip from Marco s hometown of Venice, Italy, to China. In the 1200s, that journey took several years and the three travelers faced many hazards. Once he arrived, Marco impressed the country s powerful leader Kublai Khan enough to become an ambassador and governor. He spent years crisscrossing China, then known as Cathay, in the Khan s service. He finally returned home, but a few years later he was imprisoned during a conflict between Venice and Genoa. During his imprisonment, he wrote a book that described places and sights few Europeans knew even existed and changed their view of the world forever.