polo, marco

Fourteen-year-old master chef and budding detective Neil Flamb?, eyed as a prime suspect by the Vancouver police, rushes to solve a case in which some of the best chefs in town are turning up dead and the killer is leaving cryptic clues.

Eleven-year-old Mark's father, an anthropologist, disappears in the Gobi desert while tracing Marco Polo's ancient route from Italy to China, and when Mark gets a bad asthma attack, Doc Hornaday pays a visit and tells Mark tales of Marco Polo to bolster the boy's courage.

Maps, illustrations, and easy-to-follow text introduce students to Marco Polo's travels through Asia more than seven hundred years ago.

Emmajin, the sixteen-year-old eldest granddaughter of Khublai Khan, becomes a warrior and falls in love with explorer Marco Polo in thirteenth-century China.

Provides accounts of journeys undertaken by three men along the Silk Road, including seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang, Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan, and thirteenth-century merchant Marco Polo.

Joe, Sam, and Fred travel to thirteenth-century China, where they disguise themselves as astrologers and meet Marco Polo.

Presents a comic book version of the story of thirteenth-century explorer Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan.

Chronicles the life and adventures of thirteenth-century Italian explorer Marco Polo, and describes his experiences in the Orient and in Asia, his seventeen years at the court of the Kublai Khan, and the legacy he left behind.

An introduction to the life of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer who traveled along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.

Describes the many animals Marco Polo encountered on his famous journey on the Silk Road.