Marco Polo: And the Realm of Kublai Khan (Explorers of New Lands)

In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo traveled from Venice to meet the great ruler of the east, Kublai Khan. This ruler of the enormous Mongol Empire invited Polo into his service; thus began Polo's 25 years of travel to the far corners of the Mongol empire. When Polo returned to Venice, he wrote The Book of Marco Polo, a book that would become world famous. Presents a biography of late thirteenth and early fourteenth-century Italian explorer, Marco Polo, and chronicles his life and travels including the time he spent in the court of Emperor Kublai Khan