The Marco Polo Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing a better understanding between the East and the West by means of International research, expeditions along the routes of Marco Polo, publication of books, production of films, video and the creation of this website.
Book Release Details
The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World
Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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Published by:
Bennett & Hastings Publishing
7551 A - 15th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98117
Tel: (206) 297-1991
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Marco Polo Foundation, Inc.*
1501 17th Avenue, Suite 1010
Seattle, WA 98122
Tel: (206) 979-5974
Genre: History/Travel
BISAC Subject Code: HIS051000
Price: $18.00 plus $3.50 shipping ($21.50)
Bonus DVD included:
On the Roof of the World With Marco Polo - a 26-minute documentary of travel in Northern Pakistan expeditioning across the Hindu Kush and Karakorham Mountains
Hardback
271 pp
137 color photos
9 full color maps
Size: 7" x 10"
Carton quantity: 18 books
Carton weight: 37lbs.
Carton size: 14 9/16 x 10 7/16 x 9 9/16
Initial print run: 5,000
Distribution: Ingram, Baker & Taylor,
Partners/West and others
The Marco Polo Odyssey
The Marco Polo Odyssey tracks the fantastic journey of an intrepid adventurer who spent ten years following the 13,000 mile overland route of Marco Polo from Venice to Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and finally crossing China to Beijing. It is an account of an exhilarating voyage of discovery and the three expeditions it took author Harry Rutstein to finally fulfill his dream.
Read More About The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World
THE EXPEDITIONS is a narrated slide show of the 1975, 1981 and 1985 expeditions as presented in our book The Marco Polo Odyssey.
THE PROJECT is a video presentation offering a summary of the entire Marco Polo project including film clips from the DVD movie On the Roof of the World with Marco Polo that is enclosed with our book The Marco Polo Odyssey
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