Traces the development of European painting from the late 1200's through World War I by examining the lives and works of such artists as Giotto, Delacroix, Gauguin, and Picasso.
Traces Heinrich Schliemann's search for and discovery of the site of ancient Troy and discusses the mythology and possible historical facts connected with the siege of that city.
Follows the adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who wrote a famous account of his travels in Asia and his life at the court of Kublai Khan.
