The Resource Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world, John Man
Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world, John Man
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The item Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world, John Man represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world, John Man represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Draws on the author's own parallel journey and new archaeological findings to retrace the steps of the medieval Italian merchant who traveled from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia, to China and Xanadu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 395 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- Source for the Netflix original series --From cover
- Originally published in the UK by Transworld Publishers under the title Xanadu --Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Of truth, told and hidden
- When worlds collide
- Across the heart of Asia
- Into China
- Approaching the Khan
- Arrival in Xanadu
- The Pleasure Dome
- From Xanadu to Beijing
- Kublai's new "Great Capital"
- The display of power, the power of display
- A rough guide to the Manzi
- Marco and the women
- Leaving a tattered empire
- Homeward bound
- The making of the book
- Marco and the New World
- The last work
- Isbn
- 9780062375070
- Label
- Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world
- Title
- Marco Polo
- Title remainder
- the journey that changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- John Man
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Draws on the author's own parallel journey and new archaeological findings to retrace the steps of the medieval Italian merchant who traveled from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia, to China and Xanadu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Man, John
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Polo, Marco
- Kublai Khan
- Explorers
- Mongols
- Voyages and travels
- China
- China
- Asia
- Asia
- Label
- Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world, John Man
- Note
-
- Source for the Netflix original series --From cover
- Originally published in the UK by Transworld Publishers under the title Xanadu --Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375) and index
- Contents
- Of truth, told and hidden -- When worlds collide -- Across the heart of Asia -- Into China -- Approaching the Khan -- Arrival in Xanadu -- The Pleasure Dome -- From Xanadu to Beijing -- Kublai's new "Great Capital" -- The display of power, the power of display -- A rough guide to the Manzi -- Marco and the women -- Leaving a tattered empire -- Homeward bound -- The making of the book -- Marco and the New World -- The last work
- Control code
- 18370657
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 395 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062375070
- Lccn
- 2014956798
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, maps
- Label
- Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world, John Man
- Note
-
- Source for the Netflix original series --From cover
- Originally published in the UK by Transworld Publishers under the title Xanadu --Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375) and index
- Contents
- Of truth, told and hidden -- When worlds collide -- Across the heart of Asia -- Into China -- Approaching the Khan -- Arrival in Xanadu -- The Pleasure Dome -- From Xanadu to Beijing -- Kublai's new "Great Capital" -- The display of power, the power of display -- A rough guide to the Manzi -- Marco and the women -- Leaving a tattered empire -- Homeward bound -- The making of the book -- Marco and the New World -- The last work
- Control code
- 18370657
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 395 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062375070
- Lccn
- 2014956798
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, maps
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