Ventura, Piero.

Venice, birth of a city / Piero Ventura ; English translation/adaptation by John Grisewood. - New York : Putnam, c1988. - [36] p. : col. ill ; 30 cm.

Adaptation of: Venezia, nascita di una cittá / Sergio Bettini.

Bulletin (Center for Children's books). New York Times.

Traces the history of the city built on islands in the Adriatic Sea from its establishment in A.D. 452 to the height of its political and economic power as a colonial empire and cultural center in the 1400's to its conquest by Napoleon in 1797.

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039921531X

87025892


Venice (Italy)--History--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature.
Venice (Italy)--History.
Venice (Italy)--History.

DG676 / .V46 1988

945/.31