Books with title Marco Polo Travels

This title introduces readers to Marco Polo, the great explorer who was the first European to explore China. Polo's life story is examined, from his early travels with father Niccolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo to China to see Kublai Khan and visit Xanadu, to his marriage to Donata Badoer, to his travels in China in the Kublai Khan's service. Polo's book The Travels of Marc Polo is covered, as is its influence on other explorers such as Christopher Columbus. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

1948 copyright, translated and edited by William Marsden, re-edited by Thomas Write and illustrated by Jon Corbino; published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., in Garden City, New York. This is the Literary Guild Edition which was the Doubleday Book Club at the time. Jon Corbino's art in itself is sought after, and using the inserted illustrations could be quite inspirational for wall art, collage work and paper ephemera. Fascinating eyewitness look into the world of the late 1200's. Admittedly it is told with some Western bias and some Christian bias (He lumps Buddhists, Hindus, Confucians, etc., together, simply declaring them 'idol-worshipers'). His strongest bias was toward his host and employer in China, 'The Grand Khan', who ruled China by the sword and employed foreigners to keep order because he could not trust the natives. Marco describes the marvels of the Chinese civilization, but is not always appreciative of the richness of its culture. In some way's that is part of the book's charm. The majority of the book is a description of places he visited, but occasionally he gets into depth regarding people stories and in a few cases he touches on local folklore. That is where the book gets most fascinating. Polo kept himself largely out of his narrative, preferring to play the role of observer and objective reporter. William Marsden translation, which was completed in 1818. It captures a sense of antiquity.

The following is from the books prologue: Emperors, kings, dukes, marquises, earls, and knights, and all other people desirous of knowing the diversities of the races of mankind, as well as the diversities of kingdoms, provinces, and regions of all parts of the East, read through this book, and ye shall find in it the greatest and most marvelous characteristics of the peoples especially of Armenia, Persia, India, and Tartary, as they are severally related in the present work by Marco Polo, a wise and learned citizen of Venice distinctly what things he saw and what he heard from others. Wishing in his secret thoughts that the things he had seen and heard should be made public by the present work, for the benefit of those who could not see them with their own eyes, he himself being in the year our Lord 1295 in prison in Genoa, caused the things which are contained in the present work to be written by master Rustigielo, a citizen of Pisa, who was with him in the same prison at Genoa; and he divided it into three parts. Book One of Armenia, Persia, India and Tartary. Book Two of Kublai-Kaan, Cathay, Manji and Thebet. Book Three of Lesser, Middle and Greater India, The Region of Darkness, the Province of Russia and Great Turkey.

Whether epic tale or legendary quest, the narrative texts in this series are adapted in a captivating style for each period, allowing the reader to follow the track of heroes and share their adventures, discover great civilizations, and learn about world history. The texts are directly based upon the original works or upon a variety of authentic ancient sources and tales. The narratives are enhanced by specially commissioned illustrations, photographs, and reproductions of ancient artifacts and documents. Mito, historia épica o búsqueda legendaria, los textos narrativos de esta colección adaptados con estilo cautivador para cada período permiten al lector seguir la huella del héroe para compartir sus aventuras, descubrir grandiosas civilizaciones y aprender acerca de la historia mundial. Los textos están tomados directamente de trabajos originales o de una variedad de fuentes auténticas antiguas y de relatos.