Marco Polo from Venice to Xanadu

Main Author:	Bergreen, Laurence.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Polo, Marco, > 1254-1323? > Travel. Explorers > Italy > Biography. Voyages and travels. Travel, Medieval. Asia > Description and travel.

Physical Description:	415 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-391) and index.
ISBN:	9781400043453 140004345X
Author Notes:	Laurence Bergreen is the prize-winning author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe , as well as James Agee: A Life ; Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life ; Capone: The Man and the Era ; and As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin , each considered the definitive work on its subject. A graduate of Harvard University, he lives in New York City. As part of the research for this book, he traveled Marco Polo's route across Mongolia and China.