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Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary Marco Polo and the Silk Road
Oxford Bookworms Factfiles Level 2 700Word Vocabulary Marco Polo and the Silk Road Author:Janet Hardy-Gould 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.... more » 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...« less