Book, w/considerable historical scholarship, places into perspective the sparse records kept by Marco Polo (1254 - 1324) himself of his experiences. This historical biography, first published 1880, is one of 6 in the Young Folks's Heroes of History series, which studied: "Vasco da Gama", "Pizarro", "Magellan", "Marco Polo", "Raleigh" & "Drake" this copy is a 2020 reprint of the original. Author George Makepeace Towle (1841 - 1893), American lawyer, politician & author, is noted for his 1873 translation of Jules Verne' s "Around the World in Eighty Days". Travels of a young Italian to China in the time of Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, and founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368) - first alien rule of China (2nd being the Manchu Ch'ing (or, Qing) Dynasty, 1636 - 1912). Yellow, illustrated softcover/VG strong w/shelfwear and faint creasings to upper & lower front corners. Text/Near New & Bright w/faint, spot soiling (coffee drop?) to leading edge of first 6 pgs.
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