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The travels of Marco Polo : for boys and girls / with explanatory notes and comments by Thomas W. Knox.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1885 Polo
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voyages and travels.
- Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?--Travel--Juvenile literature.
- Polo, Marco.
- Explorers--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Explorers.
- Asia--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
- Asia.
- Mongols--History--Juvenile literature.
- Mongols.
- China--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
- China.
- Genre:
- Travel literature.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1885.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 530 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Putnam, c1885.
- Summary:
- A retelling of Marco Polo's chronicles of his journey to the court of the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan, in the thirteenth century and his lesser-known voyages. The narrative has been abridged and adapted with omissions for young readers.
- Notes:
- Based on: The book of Ser Marco Polo / Henry Yule.
- Maps on end-papers.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth, with design and lettering in gilt and black, of a ship, and inset portrait.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Katharine Vaux McCauley & Hugh McCauley.
- OCLC:
- 3077140
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