Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen B POLO available at Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head
"He (Marco Polo) was the first traveler across Asia naming and describing Kingdoms. He revelead China, Tibet, Berma, India, and told of elaborate mating and marital customs, variety of worshipping and justice. He told of many inventions including: paper money, coal for heating, eyeglasses, gunpowder, passports, salt as money, and medicines from alligators. Fantastic read."
Review provided by Diane Klipp, Hilton Head Branch Library
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