In The Footsteps Of Marco Polo

Author : Denis Belliveau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742557375
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Footsteps of Marco Polo written by Denis Belliveau and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did Marco Polo reach China? This richly illustrated companion volume to the public television film chronicles the remarkable two-year expedition of explorers Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell as they sought the answer to this controversial 700-year-old question. With Polo's book, The Travels of Marco Polo, as their guide, they journeyed over 25,000 miles becoming the first to retrace his entire path by land and sea without resorting to helicopters or airplanes. Surviving deadly skirmishes and capture in Afghanistan, they were the first Westerners in a generation to cross its ancient forgotten passageway to China, the Wakhan Corridor. Their camel caravan on the southern Silk Road encountered the deadly singing sands of the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. In Sumatra, where Polo was stranded waiting for trade winds, they lived with the Mentawai tribes, whose culture has remained unchanged since the Bronze Age. They became among the first Americans granted visas to enter Iran, where Polo fulfilled an important mission for Kublai Khan. Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color photographs, the text provides a fascinating account of the lands and peoples the two hardy adventurers encountered during their perilous journey. The authors' experiences are remarkably similar to descriptions from Polo's account of his own travels and life. Laden with adventure, humor, diplomacy, history, and art, this book is compelling proof that travel is the enemy of bigotry—a truth that resonates from Marco Polo's time to our own.

Author : Alexander Zelenyj
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778724179
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Alexander Zelenyj and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separates fact from myth using excerpts from Polo's actual journals and illustrations and photos to portray Polo himself and his impressions of the unique traditions and customs of the Mongols.

Author : Denis Belliveau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742556836
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Footsteps of Marco Polo written by Denis Belliveau and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did Marco Polo reach China? This richly illustrated companion volume to the public television film chronicles the remarkable two-year expedition of explorers Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell as they sought the answer to this controversial 700-year-old question. With Polo's book, The Travels of Marco Polo, as their guide, they journeyed over 25,000 miles becoming the first to retrace his entire path by land and sea without resorting to helicopters or airplanes." "Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color photographs, the text provides a fascinating account of the lands and peoples the two hardy adventurers encountered during their perilous journey. The authors' experiences are remarkably similar to descriptions from Polo's account of his own travels and life. Laden with adventure, humor, diplomacy, history, and art, this book is compelling proof that travel is the enemy of bigotry - a truth that resonates from Marco Polo's time to our own."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Timothy Severin
Publisher : Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tracking Marco Polo written by Timothy Severin and published by Peter Bedrick Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the great explorer's journals as a guide, Severin retraces his route from Venice to the Kindu Kush on motorcycle.

Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143031079
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Xanadu written by William Dalrymple and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1989 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Xanadu is, without doubt, one of the best travel books produced in the last 20 years. It is witty and intelligent, brilliantly observed, deftly constructed and extremely entertaining& Dalrymple s gift for transforming ordinary humdrum experience into something extraordinary and timeless suggests that he will go from strength to strength Alexander Maitland, Scotland on Sunday

Author : Countess Alexandra Tolstoy
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592282012
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Secrets of the Silk Road written by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young Englishwomen retrace the ancient Silk Road--4,500 miles in eight months by horse and camel.

Author : Henry Yule
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732620697
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Travels of Marco Polo written by Henry Yule and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Author : Marco Polo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Man
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409045641
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Xanadu written by John Man and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO, A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES** Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years. John Man travelled in Marco's footsteps to Xanadu, in search of the truth behind Marco's stories; to separate legend from fact. Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan.

Author : Clarence Dalrymple Bruce
Publisher : Edinburgh London, W. Blackwood and sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Footsteps of Marco Polo written by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce and published by Edinburgh London, W. Blackwood and sons. This book was released on 1907 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: