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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.

Using every means of travel available-including camels, farm tractors, horses and goatskin rafts-author Harry Rutstein became the first person known to have retraced Marco Polo's footsteps. This book chronicles his extraordinary adventures and authenticates the 13th century journey of the great explorer.Marco Polo's travels and subsequent bestselling book sparked the expansion of the mercantile empires of medieval Europe and gave birth to the modern age of globalization.

The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World

The Marco Polo Odyssey is history wrapped in adventure. Harry Rutstein made history in 1985 as the first person to retrace all of Marco Polo's footsteps from Europe to China. This is the account of his ten-year adventure in pursuit of the famous 13th century explorer. His quest, over the course of three expeditions, was to authenticate Polo's journey and document his own experiences traveling the same route. The result is a compelling, colorful and humorous chronicle by a master storyteller.

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In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: A Twentieth-Century Oddyssey

Using every means of travel available-including camels, farm tractors, horses and goatskin rafts-author Harry Rutstein became the first person known to have retraced Marco Polo's footsteps. This book chronicles his extraordinary adventures and authenticates the 13th century journey of the great explorer.Marco Polo's travels and subsequent bestselling book sparked the expansion of the mercantile empires of medieval Europe and gave birth to the modern age of globalization.

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