Marco Polo and the Silk Road

Janet Hardy-Gould
Marco Polo and the Silk Road



Издательство: Oxford University Press
Жанр: Oxford University Press

Качество: Хорошее
Страниц: 64
Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderful cities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a traveller could die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps one day his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travel with them to great markets in faraway places. For young Marco Polo, later the greatest traveller of his time, a dangerous, exciting world was waiting...