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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesappears Arabic Armenia Asia authority Ayas Badakhshan battle Baudas Bauduin Bolghar brother called Cathay century Cepoy CHAPTER character China Chinese Chinghiz Christians Church copy Court Crusca Curzola death Desert doubt East edition Emperor Envoys fact French Friar galleys Genoa Genoese Geographic Text Giovanni Hayton honour Hormuz Ibn Batuta India Italian journey Kaan Kaan's Kerman Khan Khanikoff Khotan King Kublai Lady Latin latter lire Lord Maffeo Mahomedan Marc Marco Polo Marino Sanudo medieval mentioned Messer Marco Mongol mountains Nicolo noble Note oars original Palace Panfilo Castaldi Pashai passage Pauthier Persia Pipino's Polo's book Pope Prester John Prince prisoners probably province quoted Ramusio Rashiduddin regard river Romance Rusticiano Sanudo Saracens Sarai says seems seen seqq Soldaia speaks story Tabriz Tangut Tartars tell Tibetan told translation travellers Venetian Venice whilst word Popular passagesPage 298 - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, io Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. Page i - Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. Page 194 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns. Page 238 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. Page 242 - Go and wait upon your Lord in the other world ! " For they do in sooth believe that all such as they slay in this manner do go to serve their Lord in the other world. They do the same too with horses ; for when the Emperor dies, they kill all his best horses, in order that he may have the use of them in the other world, as they believe. Page 215 - And you must know that in the same mountain there is a vein of the substance from which Salamander is made. For the real truth is that the Salamander is no beast, as they allege in our part of the world, but is a substance found in the earth ; and I will tell you about it. Page 412 - All these pieces of paper are [issued with as much solemnity and authority as if they were of pure gold or silver ; and on every piece a variety of officials, whose duty it is, have to write their names, and to put their seals. And when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the... Page 5 - ... cut up and divided among the servants. Then after partaking of some of the dishes they went out again and came back in robes of crimson velvet, and when they had again taken their seats, the second suits were divided as before. When dinner was over they did the like with the robes of velvet, after they had put on dresses of the ordinary fashion worn by the rest of the company. Page 214 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. Page 180 - In leaving Badashan you ride twelve days between east and north-east, ascending a river that runs through land belonging to a brother of the Prince of Badashan, and containing a good many towns and villages and scattered habitations. The people are Mahommetans, and valiant in war. At the end of those twelve days you come to a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction, and this is called VOKHAN. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarTranscultural SpaceDavid Tomas - 1993 - Visual Anthropology Review Skin as a MetaphorRotem Kowner - 2004 - Ethnohistory Bibliographic information
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