This book introduces the famous traveler and merchant Marco Polo. When Marco was 17, he left Venice for China with his father and uncle. It took him about four years to reach the capital of the Yuan Dynasty at 1275, where he met Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. After 17 years in China, he returned to Italy. The Travels of Marco Polo, an oral account of what the Marco Polo saw and heard in China, inspired European enthusiasm for the east.

University of Hong Kong's School of Education, and a Master of Arts in language studies from Baptist University, Aman Chiu has written many works including English language education, English children's stories, English dictionaries and reference books.