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Summary: Introduces young readers to the world traveler who wrote about his many experiences while journeying from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who PoloMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: A biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POLDemi.
Summary: Describes the life and journeys of the Italian trader who became famous for his travels in Asia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 915.04 DEMMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: A biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB POLO MARHartman, Darrell
Summary: "A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get--and sell--the story. In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests captured the world's attention. The American explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook both claimed to have discovered the North Pole,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 998 HARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 998 HARRodriguez, Cindy L.
Summary: "Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC RODGoodman, Joan E.
Summary: Traces the epic journey of the Portuguese explorer who, five years after Columbus set sail, traveled around the southernmost tip of Africa to find a sea route to India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GAMAmoroso, Cynthia.
Summary: A brief introduction to the life and accomplishments of the Norwiegan explorer Lief Eriksson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2003
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ERIKSSON KLIMedina, Nico
Summary: "Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018