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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Travels of Marco Polo.by Marco Polo and Rustich.e.l.lo of Pisa.VOLUME I PREFACE.The
The Travels of Marco Polo.by Marco Polo and Rustich.e.l.lo of Pisa.VOLUME I PREFACE.The amount of appropriate material, and of acquaintance with the mediaeval geography of some parts of Asia, which was acquired during the compilation of a work of kindred

286 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE.XII., pp. 307 seq.Sir Richard C. TEMPLE, has kindly sent me the following valuable notes:-- ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS._General Note_.Both the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been very closely studied by Indian Government officials fo 2024-4-23
285 ---- _Notes on Yule_. (_Journ.N.C.B.R.A.Soc._, x.x.xVII., 1906, pp. 195, 196.) 13.--Cesare-Augusto LEVI.--_Il vero Segreto di Dante e Marco Polo_.--Comunicazione al Comitato di Treviso della "Dante Alighieri" letta la sera del 17 Novembre, 1905--Treviso 2024-4-23
284 6.--The most n.o.ble and famous Travels of Marco Polo one of the n.o.bility of the State of Venice, into the east Parts of the World, as Armenia, Persia, Arabia, Tartary, with many other Kingdoms and Provinces. The translation of Marsden revised by Thomas 2024-4-23
283 132 leaves; 185 270 millimeters, XVth Century. Adorned initials, alternately blue and red. Headings of chapters underlined in red. Leather binding XVIth century, with small flowers de luce; copper clasps and ten nails. On the last leaf, in a running hand: 2024-4-23
282 x.x.xVIII., pp. 444-445.DUFAR.We read in the _Ying yai sheng lan:_ "This country [Tsu fa erh] is between the sea and the mountains. To the east and south is nothing but the sea.To the north and west are ranges of mountains. One reaches it from the ki 2024-4-23
281 Prof. E.H. PARKER writes in the _Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Soc._, x.x.xVII., 1906, p. 196: "Regarding the Fandaraina country of the Arabs mentioned by Yule in the Notes to pages 386, 391, and 440 of Vol. II., it may be in 2024-4-23
280 Hirth and Rockhill remark, p. 98: "Ma Tuan-lin and the _Sung-sh_ reproduce textually this paragraph (the former writer giving erroneously the distance between the capital and the sea as 5000 _li_). Yule, _Marco Polo_, II, p. 335, places the princ.i.p 2024-4-23
279 In this name _Si-li-ju-eul-su-la_, one must read [Chinese] _pa_, instead of [Chinese], and read _Si-li-pa-eul-su-la_ = Siri Paramisura (cri Paramacvara). (PELLIOT, _Bul. Ecole franc. Ext. Orient_, IV., July-Sept., 1904, p. 772.) IX., p. 285. "They [t 2024-4-23
278 The references in the above quotation are, of course, to my father's version of Marco Polo. That his nephew should make this interesting little contribution to the subject would have afforded him much gratification.A.F. YULE._The Athenaeum_, No. 4570 2024-4-23
277 Regarding Kingsmill's note, Mr. John C. Ferguson writes in the _Journal North China Branch Roy. As. Soc._, x.x.xVII., 1906, p. 190: "It is evident that Tiju and Yanju have been correctly identified as Taichow and Yangchow. I cannot agree with Mr 2024-4-23
276 LIX., p. 128.CAUGIGU.M. Georges Maspero, _L'Empire Khmer_, p. 77 n., thinks that Canxigu = Luang Prabang; I read Caugigu and I believe it is a transcription of _Kiao-Chi Kwe_, see p. 131.LIX., pp. 128, 131."I have identified, II., p. 131, Caugigu with _ 2024-4-23
275 L., p. 90.Mr. H.A. OTTEWILL tells me in a private note that the Kachins or Singphos did not begin to reach Burma in their emigration from Tibet until last century or possibly this century. They are not to be found east of the Salwen River.L., p. 91.COUVAD 2024-4-23
274 Cf. _k.u.mudana_, given by the Sanskrit-Chinese vocabulary found in j.a.pan (Max MuLLER, _Buddhist Texts from j.a.pan_, in _Anecdota Oxoniensia_, Aryan Series, t. I., part I., p. 9), and the _Khumdan_ and _Khumadan_ of Theophylactus. (See TOMASCHEK, in _W 2024-4-23
273 "'There are two sorts of Turkistan paper, black and white, made from mulberry bark, cotton and silk refuse equally mixed, resulting in a coa.r.s.e, thick, strong, and tough material. It is cut into small rolls fully a foot long, which are burnished by m 2024-4-23
272 LXI., p. 305, n. Harlez's inscription is a miserable scribble of the facsimile from Dr. Bush.e.l.l. (PELLIOT.) LXI., p. 308, n. 5. The _Yuan s.h.i.+_, ch. 77, f 7 _v._, says that: "Every year, [the Emperor] resorts to Shang tu. On the 24th day of the 8t 2024-4-23
271 TAILGAN."The _tailgan_, or autumn meeting of the Mongols, is probably the _tai-lin_, or autumn meeting, of the ancient Hiung-nu described on p. 10, Vol. XX. of the _China Review_. The Kao-ch'e (= High Carts, Tolos, or early Ouigours) and the early Catha 2024-4-23
270 See on the discreditable custom of the people of Qamul, a long note in the second edition of _Cathay_, I., pp. 249-250.XLI., p. 211.Prof. Parker remarks (_Asiatic Quart. Rev._, Jan., 1904, p. 142) that: "The Chinese (Manchu) agent at Urga has not (nor, I 2024-4-23
269 x.x.xVII., p. 191; II., p. 595."Keriya, the Pein of Marco Polo and Pimo of Hwen Tsiang, writes Huntington, is a pleasant district, with a population of about fifteen thousand souls." Huntington discusses (p. 387) the theory of Stein: "Stein identifies 2024-4-23
268 In Chap. III., pp. 64-66, of his _Serindia_, Sir Aurel Stein has the following on Marco Polo's account of Wakhan:-- "After Wu-k'ung's narrative of his journey the Chinese sources of information about the Pamirs and the adjoining regions run dry for ne 2024-4-23
267 From Tebbes to Bahabad | From Fahanunch to Bahabad 1. Kurit ... ... . 4 | 2. Moghu ... ..... 4-1/2 2. Moghu ... ... . 9 | 3. Sefid-ab ... ... 6 3. Sefid-ab ..... 6 | 4. Belucha ... ... . 5 4. Burch ... ... . 5 | 5. G.o.d-i-shah-taghi . . 6 5. G.o.d ... .. 2024-4-23
266 "Sheep of this character have acquired among our writers the name of Cape Sheep, from the fact that they are the species chiefly affected by our settlers at the Cape of Good Hope. They are common in Africa and throughout the East, being found not onl 2024-4-23
265 II., p. 6.SARAI."Cordier (Yule) identifiziert den von Pegolotti gewahlten Namen Saracanco mit dem jungeren Sarai oder Zarew (dem Sarai grande Fra Mauros), was mir vollkommen untunlich erscheint; es ware dann die Route des Reisenden geradezu ein Zickz 2024-4-23
264 KHAKHAN."Mr. Rockhill's remarks about the t.i.tle _Khakhan_ require supplementing. Of course, the Turks did not use the term before 560 (552 was the exact year), because neither they nor their name 'Turk' had any self-a.s.sertive exist 2024-4-23
263 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE'S WRITINGS.---- Notes [miscellaneous] by H. Yule, Palermo, August 28th, 1872.(_Indian Antiquary_, I. 1872, pp. 320-321.) ---- "Discovery of Sanskrit." By H. Yule, Palermo, Dec. 26th, 1872.(_Indian Antiquary_ 2024-4-23
262 Yetsina (Etzina).Yezd (Yasdi), silk fabrics of.Yiu-ki River.Yoritomo, descendants of.Yonting Ho River.Yotkan, village.Youth, Island of.Yrac, province.Ysemain of Hiulie, western engineer.Yu, _see_ Jade.Yuan Ho.Yu-chow, gold and silver mines.Yue-chi.Yuen, M 2024-4-23
261 War vessels, Chinese.Wa.s.saf, the historian, his character of the Karaunahs; notices of Hormuz; eulogy of Kublai; story of Kublai; his style; account of taking of Siang-yang; of Kinsay; Maabar; horse trade to India; treatment of them there; extract from 2024-4-23
260 Udyana.Ughuz, legend of.Uighur character, parent of present Mongol writing.Uighurs, the.Uiraca.Uirad, _see_ Oirad.Ujjain, legend of, (_Ozene_).Ukak. (_See_ Ucaca.).Ulatai (Oulatay), Tartar envoy from Persia.Ulakhai.Ulan Muren (Red River).Ulugh Bagh, on Ba 2024-4-23
259 Toleto, John de, Cardinal Bishop of Portus.Tolobuga.Toman (Tuman, etc.), Mongol word for 10,000.Tongking, Tungking.Tooth-relique of Buddha, history of.Torchi, Dorje, Kublai's first-born.Tornesel.Toro River.Torshok.Torture by constriction in raw hide. 2024-4-23
258 Tattooing, artists in.Tatu (Taichu).---- River.Tauris, see Tabriz.Taurizi, Torissi.Tawalisi.Taxes, see Customs, Duties.Tchakiri Mondou (Modun)._Tchekmen_, thick coa.r.s.e cotton stuff.Tea-houses at Kingsze.Tea trees in E. Tibet.Tebet, _see_ Tibet.Tedaldo, 2024-4-23
257 ---- River.Swi-fu.Sword blades of India.Syghinan, _see_ s.h.i.+ghnan.Sykes, Major P. Molesworth.Sylen (Ceylon).Symbolical messages, Scythian and Tartar.Syrian Christians._Syrrhaptes Pallasii, see_ Barguerlac.Szechenyi, Count.Sze-ch'wan (Ch'eng-t 2024-4-23
256 Sneezing, omen from.Socotra (Scotra), island of, history of; Christian Archbishop; aloes of.Soer (Suhar).Sofala, trade to China from.Sogoman Borcan, see Sakya Muni.Sol, Arbre, see Arbre.Soldaia, Soldachia, Sodaya (the Oriental Sudak).Soldan, a Melic.Soldu 2024-4-23
255 s.h.i.+brgan (Sapurgan).s.h.i.+eng, Sheng, or Sing, the Supreme Board of Administration._s.h.i.+en-sien_, _s.h.i.+n-sien_.s.h.i.+ghnan (Syghinan), ruby mines._s.h.i.+jarat Malayu_, or Malay Chronicle.s.h.i.+kargah, applied to animal pattern textures, Bena 2024-4-23
254 ---- Roch.e.l.le.---- Sarain.Seal, Imperial.Sebaste, _see_ Sivas.Sebourc, Bauduin de, _see Bauduin de Sebourc_.Sees of Latin Church.---- Nestorian Church.Sefaviehs, the.Seilan, _see_ Ceylon.Self-decapitation.Selitrennoye Gorodok (Saltpetre Town).Seljukian 2024-4-23
253 Saifuddin Nazrat, ruler of Hormuz.Saimur (Chaul).Sain Khan (or Batu).St. Anno of Cologne.St. Barlaam and St. Josafat, story of Buddhist christianised.St. Barsauma (Barsamo, Bra.s.samus), and monastery of.St. Blasius (Blaise), Church at Sivas.St. Brandon.S 2024-4-23
252 Ras Haili.---- k.u.mhari.Ras.h.i.+duddin, _alias_ Fazl-ulla Ras.h.i.+d, Persian statesman and historian of the Mongols, frequently quoted in the Notes.Ravenala tree (_Urania speciosa_).Raw meat eaten.Rawlinson, Sir H.Reclus, _Asie russe_, on Caspian Sea f 2024-4-23
251 ---- Maffeo, brother of Traveller, probabilities as to birth; will of; abstract from.---- Marco, the elder son of Andrea, Uncle of the Traveller, his will.---- Marco, the Traveller, veracity; perplexities in his biography; Ramusio's notices, extracts 2024-4-23
250 Pasha-Afroz.Pasha and Pas.h.a.gar tribes.Pashai, what region intended.---- Dir.Pa.s.so (or Pace), Venetian.Patarins, heretics._Patera_, debased Greek, from Badakhshan.Patlam._Patra_, or Alms-dish of Buddha, miraculous properties; Holy Grail of Buddhism.Pa 2024-4-23
249 Organa (Jerun), Persian Gerun.Oriental phrases in Polo's dictation.Orissa.Orkhon River.Orleans, defence of.---- Isle d'._Orloks_, or Marshals of the Mongol Host.Oroech._Oron_, Mongol for a region or realm._Orphani_, strange customs of the._Osci_ 2024-4-23
248 Navapa (Lop?).Naversa (ancient Anazarbus), in Cilicia, under Taurus.Nayan, Kublai's kinsman, his revolt, Kublai marches against; routed in battle; put to death by Kublai.earchus at Hormuz.Nebila and Mangla islands.Nebuchadnezzar.Necklaces, precious.N 2024-4-23
247 Moluccas.Mombasa.Momein.Monasteries of Idolaters (Buddhists).Money, paper.---- values.Mongol conquests, capture Soldaia; Bolghar; treachery and cruelty; their inroads; Bakh city; invade Balakhshan; invasion of Poland and Silesia.Mongon Khan, _see_ Mangu.M 2024-4-23
246 ---- (posthumous) amongst Tartars.---- laxities of different peoples.---- laxities in Thibet.Mar Sarghis.Marsden's edition of Polo.Martin, Dr. Ernest, of French Legation at Pekin.Martini, his _Atlas Sinensis_; his account of Kinsay.Martyrs, Francisca 2024-4-23
245 Magi, the three, legend as told by Mas'udi; source of fancies about; names a.s.signed to.Magic, of Udyana, Lamaitic, (_See_ also Sorcerers.).Magical darkness (dry fog and dust storms).Magnet, Mount.Magyars.Mahar Amlak, king of Abyssinia.Mahavan.Mahmu 2024-4-23
244 Liampo (Ningpo).Liang, or tael.Liang-chau in Kansuh.Liao dynasty.Liao-tong.Libanos, [Greek: Libanophoros] and [Greek: libanotophoros chora]._Libro d'Oro_.Licinius, Emperor.Lide (Liti).Lieuli Ho.Lign-aloes (eagle-wood), etymology; in Sumatra.Ligor._Li 2024-4-23
243 Kunduz._Kunduz_ (beaver or sable).Kunduz-Baghlan.Kung-ki-cheng (Fei-ch'eng).Kungurats, Kunkurats (Ungrat), a Mongol tribe._Kunichi_ (Cunichi, or Chinuchi), "The Keepers of the Mastiff Dogs".Kuniyah (Conia), Iconium, Koniah.Kunlun (Pulo Cond 2024-4-23
242 Kia Tsing, Emperor, a great bridge builder.Kichau Castle.Kieh-Ch'a.K'ien-ch'ang, Kiung-tu (Caindu).Kien-chau.Kien-kwe.Kien-lung, Emperor.Kien-ning fu (Kelinfu).Kiepert, _Map of Asia_.Kij-Makran (Kesmacoran).Kila'-i-Gabr, "Gueber C 2024-4-23
241 Kasaidi Arabs._Kash_, jade.Kashan.Kashgar (Cascar), Chankans of._Kas.h.i.+sh (Ca.s.ses)_.Kashmir (Kes.h.i.+mur), Buddhism; beauty of the women; conjurers; the language of; sorcery in.Kashmiris.Kasia, people and hills.Kasyapa Buddha.Kataghan, breed of hors 2024-4-23
240 Juggling extraordinary.Juji, eldest son of Chinghiz.Juju (Cho-chau).Julman.Junghuhn, on Batta cannibalism, on camphor trees.Junks. (_See_ also s.h.i.+ps.).Jupar.Justice, administration of Tartar.Justinian, Emperor.Juzgana (Dogana).Kaan, and Khan, the t.i. 2024-4-23
239 Indian drugs to prolong life.---- geography, dislocation of Polo's.---- nuts, _see_ Cocoa-nuts.---- steel (ondanique).Indies, the Three, and their distribution.Indifference, religious, of Mongol Emperors.Indigo, mode of manufacture at Coilum, in Guze 2024-4-23
238 Hochau, in Sze-chwan, Mangku Khan's death at.---- in Kansuh.Hochung-fu (Cachanfu).Hodgson, Mr.h.o.e.rnle, Dr.Hojos.Hokien-fu (Cacanfu).Hokow, or Hokeu.Holcombe, Rev. C., on Hwai-lu; on Yellow River; on Pia-chau fu; on road from T'ung-kwan to Si- 2024-4-23
237 Guilds of craftsmen at Kinsay.---- Venetian.Guinea-fowl.Guions, a quasi-Tibetan tribe.Gumish-Khanak, silver mines.Gunpowder.Gurgan, a Tartar chief._Gurgan_, son-in-law, a t.i.tle.Gur-Khan of Karacathay.Gutturals, Mongol elision of._Guz_=100.Guzerat (Gozur 2024-4-23
236 Genoese, their growth in skill and splendour, character as seamen by poet of their own; character by old Italian author; capture of Soldaia; their navigation of the Caspian; trade in box-wood; their merchants at Tabriz; in Fo-kien.Gentile Plural names con 2024-4-23
235 Filippi, Professor F. de, Silk industry in Ghilan.Finn.Fiordelisa, daughter of younger Maffeo Polo.---- supposed to be Nicolo Polo's second wife.---- wife of Felice Polo.Firando Island.Firdus, Ismailite Castle.Firdusi.Fire, affected by height of Pami 2024-4-23
234 Eagle-wood, origin of the name. (_See_ Lign-aloes.).Earth honoured.East, its state, circa, 1260.Ebony (bonus).Edkins, Rev.Edward I.Edward II., correspondence with Tartar princes.Effeminacy, in Chinese palaces.Eggs of Ruc and Aepyornis.Egrigaia, province.E 2024-4-23
233 Delhi, Sultans of.D'Ely, Mount, _see_ Eli.Demoiselle Crane, _anthropoides virgo_.Deogir.Derbend, Wall of (_see_ also Iron Gate of.).Deserts, haunted.Deserts of Kerman or of Lut, of Khorasan; of Charchan; Lop (Gobi); Kharakorum.DesG.o.dins, Abbe.Despi 2024-4-23
232 Cremesor, Hot Region (Garmsir).cribhja (cribhodja), country.Crocodiles, _see_ Alligators.Cross, legend of the Tree of the, gibes against, on Nayan's defeat; on monument at Singanfu.Crossbows.Cruelties, Tartar._Crusca MS._ of Polo.Cubeb pepper.Cubits, 2024-4-23
231 Chitral._Chloroxylon Dupada_.Cho-chau (Juju)._Choiach_, the term.Chola, or Sola-desam (Soli, Tanjore).Chonka (Fo-kien), kingdom of, explanation of name.Chonkwe Chorcha, _see_ Churchin Christian, astrologers; churches in China, early; inscription of Singan 2024-4-23
230 Cat's Head Tablet.Cats in China.Caucasian Wall.Caugigu, province.Caulking, of Chinese s.h.i.+ps.Cauly, Kauli (Corea).Causeway, south of the Yellow River.Cauterising children's heads.Cave-houses.Cavo de Eli.---- de Diab, ii. 417_n_.Cayu (Kao-yu). 2024-4-23
229 Buyid dynasty.Ca' Polo, Ca' Milion, Corte del Millioni, the house of the Polos at Venice.Caaju, castle of.Cabs, Peking.Cacanfu (Hokiang-fu).Cachanfu (P'uchau-fu, Ho-chung-fu).Cachar Modun.Cachilpatnam._Cadmia_.Caesalpinia; and _see_ Brazil. 2024-4-23
228 Bohea country.Bohra, sect of W. India.Boikoff, Russian Envoy.Bokhara (Bocara).Boleyn, Anne, her use of buckram.Bolgana, Queen, see Bulughan.Bolgarskoye (called also Uspenskoye)._Bolghar, borgal, borghal_, Russia leather.Bolghar (Bolgara), on the Volga, ru 2024-4-23
227 _Basmuls_ (Guasmuls), half-breeds.Basra (Bastra), noted for its date-groves.Bathang.Baths, natural hot, near Hormuz, in Cathay; public at Kinsay.Batigala, Batticalla.Batochina.Bats, large, in India.Battas of Sumatra, and cannibalism.Batthala, Bettelar (Pa 2024-4-23
226 Babylonish garments._Baccadeo_, indigo.Baccanor.Bacon, Roger, as geographer.Bacsi, _see_ Bakhs.h.i.+.Bactria, its relation to Greece.Bacu, Sea of (Caspian).Badakhshan (Badashan), its population; capitals of; Mirs of; legend of Alexandrian pedigree of its 2024-4-23
225 Arabia.Arabic character._Arachosia_,_arachoti_._Araines_.Arakan.Aram (Haram), Place of the.Ararat, Mount, ascents of.Arblasts, crossbows.Arbre Sol, or Arbre Sec, Region of the (Khorasan), tree described--_Chinar_ or Oriental plane; various readings; _Arbr 2024-4-23
224 Akhaltzike (Western Georgia).Akhtuba River.Ak-khoja.Aksarai, or Ghori River.Aksu River.Aktar.Aktash Valley._Alabastri_.Alacou, _see_ Hulaku._Aladja_, striped cotton cloth.Alamut, Castle of the Ismailites.Alan country, Alania.Alans, or Aas, ma.s.sacre at C 2024-4-23
223 [33] _Astley_ (iv. p. 620): "The next Traveller we meet with into _Tartary_, and the Eastern Countries, after _Marco Polo_, is Friar _Odoric_, of _Udin_ in Friuli, a _Cordelier_; who set-about the Year 1318, and at his Return the Relation of it was d 2024-4-23
222 Sir Henry Yule traces thus the sources of the spurious work: "Even in that part of the book which may be admitted with probability to represent some genuine experience, there are distinct traces that another work has been made use of, more or less, a 2024-4-23
221 "'It is much more likely that they [the ruc's quills] were the immensely long midribs of the leaves of the rofia palm. These are from twenty to thirty feet long, and are not at all unlike an enormous quill stripped of the feathering portion 2024-4-23
220 APPENDIX L.--_Sundry Supplementary Notes on Special Subjects_.--(H.C.) 1.--_The Polos at Acre_.2.--_Sorcery in Kashmir_.3.--PAONANO PAO.4.--_Pamir_.5.--_Number of Pamirs_.6.--_Site of Pein_.7.--_Fire-arms_.8.--_La Couvade_.9.--_Alacan_.10.--_Champa_.11.-- 2024-4-23
219 M. Natalis de Wailly, in his recent fine edition of Joinville, determines the valuation of these _livres_, in the reign of St. Lewis, by taking a mean between a value calculated on the present value of silver, and a value calculated on the present value o 2024-4-23
218 PRAIRIES D'OR. See _Mas'udi_.PUNJAUB TRADE REPORT. See _Davies_.Q.R., QUAT. RAs.h.i.+D. _H. des Mongols de la Perse, par Raschid-ed-din, trad. &c._ par M. Quatremere. Paris, 1836.QUAT. MAK., QUATREMeRE'S MAK. _H. des Sultans Mamlouks de l&# 2024-4-23
217 J.R.G.S. _Journal of the Royal Geographical Society_.JOINVILLE. Edited by Francisque-Michel. Firmin-Didot: Paris, 1867.KAEMPFER. See _Am. Exot._ KHANIKOFF, NOTICE. See App. H., III., No. 43.---- MeMOIRE _sur la Partie Meridionale de l'Asie Centrale_, 2024-4-23
216 EDRISI. _Trad. par_ Amedee Jaubert; in _Rec. de Voy. et de Mem._, tom. v. et vi. Paris, 1836-1840.eLIE DE LAPRIMAUDAIE. _etudes sur le Commerce au Moyen Age_. Paris, 1848.ELLIOT. _The History of India as told by its own Historians_. Edited from the posthu 2024-4-23
215 BAUDUIN DE SEBOURC. _Li Romans de Bauduin de S., III'e Roy de Jherusalem_. Valenciennes, 1841, 2 vol. large 8vo.BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. Quoted from T. Wright's _Early Travels in Palestine_. Bohn, London, 1848.BRETSCHNEIDER, DR. E. _Notes on Chinese 2024-4-23
214 83. SEVERTZOW, Dr. NICOLAS. _Etudes de Geographie historique sur les anciens itineraires a travers le Pamir, Ptolemee, Hiouen-Thsang, Song-yuen, Marco Polo_. (_Bul. Soc. Geog._, 1890, pp. 417-467, 553-610.) (Marco Polo, pp. 583 seqq.) 84. AMENT, W.S. _Mar 2024-4-23
213 54. RICHTHOFEN, Baron F. VON. _Das Land und die Stadt Caindu von Marco Polo_, a valuable paper in the _Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin_. No. 1 of 1874, p. 33.55. BUSh.e.l.l, Dr. S.W., Physician to H.M.'s Legation at Peking. _Not 2024-4-23
212 23. CICOGNA, EMMANUELE ANTONIO. Delle Iscrizioni Veneziane, Raccolte ed Ill.u.s.trate. Venezia, 1824-1843.Contains valuable notices regarding the Polo family, especially in vol. ii.24. ReMUSAT, JEAN PIERRE ABEL. _Melanges Asiatiques_. Paris, 1825._Nouveau 2024-4-23
211 L.--VARIOUS EDITIONS.74.--1. The edition of Marco Polo in preparation by Klaproth is announced in the part of June, 1824 of the _Journal Asiatique_ pp. 380-381."M. Klaproth vient de terminer son travail sur _Marco Polo_, qui l'a occupe depuis pl 2024-4-23
210 62.--7. The || Travels || of || Marco Polo, || a Venetian, || in the Thirteenth Century: || being a || Description, by that early traveller, || of || remarkable places and things, || in || the || Eastern Parts of the World. || Translated from the Italian, 2024-4-23
209 51.--6. Voyages de Marco Polo. Premiere partie. Introduction, Texte.Glossaire et Variantes.Introduction, pp. xi.-liv. [by Roux.]Voyage de Marc Pol, pp. 1-288--Table des Chapitres, pp. 289-296.[Published from MS. 7367 of the Bibliotheque nationale.]Peregri 2024-4-23
208 _Verso f. 98:_ Acabase ho liuro de Marco paulo. c ho liuro de Nicolao ve=||neto ou veneziano. & a.s.si mesmo ho trallado de hua carta de huu || genoues mercador. que todos escreuer das Indias. a seruico || de d's. & auisameto daquelles q agora vam pe 2024-4-23
207 Svperiori, small 8vo. pp. 128; 1 cut not inserted in the text.These various editions are reprints of the text of 1496.31.--18. Il Milione || di Marco Polo || Testo di lingua || del secolo decimoterzo || ora per la prima volta || pubblicato ed ill.u.s.trat 2024-4-23
206 Ternaux-Compans (29) mentions an edition of Sessa of 1486, which does not seem to exist.15--2. Marco Polo da Vene || sia de le maraueliose || cose del Mondo. || Small 8vo.; 64 ff. non chif., sig. _a-i: a-g_ by 8 = 56 ff., _h_ and _i_ by 4 = 8 ff., total 6 2024-4-23
205 II., p. 15, n. 430. Marsden per ritiene celarsi sotto quell'erronea indicazione la seguente prima edizione [s.a., 4to] latina de' viaggi di M. Polo. Fgli ist.i.tui molte ricerche per rinvenire in Inghilterra quell'esemplare, ma non gli e st 2024-4-23
204 --The copy we just spoke of has No. LII. in the Grenville collection, British Museum; it is a folio of 114 pages numbered with a pencil; bound with the arms of the Rt. Honble. Thos. Grenville. Page 114, the exactness of this copy is thus certified: " 2024-4-23
203 1496. Edition in Venetian Dialect, printed by J.H. da Sessa.1500. The preceding reproduced at Brescia (often afterwards in Italy).1502. Portuguese version from Pipino, along with the Travels of Nicolo Conti. Printed at Lisbon by Valentym Fernandez Alemao 2024-4-23
202 Pipino's. Followed by H. of Alexander _Pertz, Archiv._, viii, 698.81 MENTZ Metropolican Chapter, No. 52 Latin.Pipino's. A collection containing in Latin, besides Polo, Odoric, Ricold, and Boldensel. [_H. Cordier_, _Odoric_, pp. lxxii.-iv.]_V. F. 2024-4-23
201 68 MUNICH Royal Library? Latin. _Excerpia de ejus Historia, princ.i.p.aliter Orientalis_ _Private Memo_. 69 MUNICH Royal Library? Latin. _Narrationes ex ejus libro de part.i.tus transmarinis_ _Private Memo_. 70 MUNICH Royal Library, Cod. Germ. 696 German. 2024-4-23
200 Bears a note in the handwriting of Pope Alexander VII. (Fabio Chigi of Sienna, 1655-1667), which draws attention to Sienese peculiarities in the language, and a.s.signs the date about 1420 Sm. 4to, paper _Baldelli-Boni_. SPAIN. 60 ESCURIAL Library Latin. 2024-4-23
199 48 FLORENCE Bib. Palatina (now united to n.a.z.ionale), Cod. 572 Italian.The language differs slightly from that of the Crusca, and, where I have compared it, is less compressed. Ends with _Rossia_.Paper, small 4to, 14th century.Written somewhat roughly i 2024-4-23
198 _Incipit prologus Libri qui vulgari hominum dictur "El Milione."_ This looks as if it were _not_ Pipinos. _Note by the Abate S.B. Mondino_. 38 MILAN Ambrosian Library, M. 526, Sc. D. Latin. Fragments extracted from Pipinos version inserted at en 2024-4-23
197 Marsana_, 1835, 4to.28 PARIS Former Library of Baron C. Walckenaer Latin.A miscellaneous volume, containing an imperfect copy of Pipino's version. Present locality not known._Table in the G.T._ LUXEMBURG.29 LUXEMBURG City Library, No. 50 Latin.Volume 2024-4-23
196 Then follows.1 _Marco Polo_: "Cy apres commence le liure de Marc Paule des merveilles daise la grant et dinde la maiour et mineur Et des diuerses regions du monde."--_Begins_: "Pour sauoir la pure verite de diuerses regions du monde. Si pre 2024-4-23
195 Yule, 2nd ed., II p. 517.8 OXFORD.Bodleian, No. 264.French.This is bound up with the celebrated Alexander MS. It is a beautiful work, embellished with thirty-eight miniatures, some of which are exquisite, e.g., the Frontispiece, a large piece of about 9-1 2024-4-23
194 33. Cynocephali.34. "35. Idolaters of Little Java.36. Pearl Divers.37. Shrine of St. Thomas.38. The Six Kings, subject to Abyssinia.Part of the Frontispiece is engraved in vol. i. of the present work; the whole of the Frontispiece representing the Pi 2024-4-23
193 69. Cannibals of Sumatra (f. 74 _v._). 70. Cynocephali (rather Alopecocephali!) (f. 76 _v._). 71. The folk of Maabar, without raiment (f. 78). 72. Idol wors.h.i.+p of Indian girls (f. 80). 73. The Valley of Diamonds (f. 82). 74. Brahmin Merchants (f. 83). 2024-4-23
192 19. s.h.i.+p from India arriving at Hormus (f. 14 _v._). 20. Travelling in a Wood, with Wild Beasts (f. 15 _v._). 21. The Old Mans Paradise (f. 16 _v._). 22. The Old Man administering the Potion (f. 17). 23. Hunting Porcupines in Badashan (f. 18). 24. Dig 2024-4-23
191 "And let none deem this task to be vain and unprofitable; for I am of opinion that the perusal of the Book by the Faithful may merit an abounding Grace from the Lord; whether that in contemplating the variety, beauty, and vastness of G.o.d's Cre 2024-4-23
190 1. MS. PARIS LIBRARY, 7367 (now Fr. 1116).(_Geographic Text_) Quant l'en se part de le isle de PENTAM e l'en ala por ysceloc entor cent miles, adonc treuve le ysle de JAVA LA MENOR; mes si sachies q'ele ne est pas si peit.i.te q'ele ne 2024-4-23
189 "... c.u.m per certas testimonias ... habeatur quod tempore sequestri facti extimata fuit pecunia de dictis sacchis esse libras lx.x.x grossorum vel circha,[7] et quando postea numerata fuit inventam esse solummodo libras xlv grossorum et grossos xxi 2024-4-23
188 See No. 16 below.8.--(1324).Will of MARCO POLO. (In St. Mark's Library.)[4]In Nomine Dei Eterni Amen. Anno ab Incarnatione Dni. Nri. Jhu. Xri.millesimo trecentesimo vige- simo tertio, mensis Januarii die nono,[5] intrante Indictione septima, Rivoalti 2024-4-23
187 [6] List (extracted in 1868-9) of Doc.u.ments in the above Archivio, but which seem to have been since mislaid.[7] Parchment in the possession of Cav. F. Stefani, containing a decision, dated 16th September, 1355, signed by the Doge and two Councillors, i 2024-4-23