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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrases14th century appears Arabic Armenian Asia authority Badakhshan Barons Bauduin Bolghar brother called Cambaluc Cathay Cepoy CHAPTER character China Chinese Chinghiz Christians copy Court Crusca Curzola death Desert doubt dynasty East edition Emperor fact French Friar galleys Genoa Genoese Geographic gold Hayton honour Hormuz horses Ibn Batuta India Italian journey Kaan Kaan's Kerman Khan Khotan King Kublai Lady Latin latter lire Lord Maffeo Mahomedan Marco Polo Marino Sanudo medieval mentioned Messer Marco miles Mongol mountains Nicolo Note oars original Palace Panfilo Castaldi Pashai passage Pauthier Pauthier's text Peking Persia Pipino's Polo's Book Pope Prester John Prince probably province quoted Ramusio Rashiduddin regard river Romance Rubruquis Rusticiano Sanudo Saracens says seems seen seqq Soldaia speaks story Tangut Tartars tell Tibet Tibetan told translation travellers trees Venetian Venice wall whilst word Popular passagesPage 296 - 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 146 - Mahommet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a beautiful garden running with conduits of wine and milk and honey and water, and full of lovely women for the delectation of all its inmates. And sure enough the Saracens of those parts believed that it was Paradise ! Now no man was allowed to enter the Garden save those whom he intended to be his ASHISHIN. 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 390 - Sea, which is within two days' journey of his capital city Cambaluc, and as he goes there is many a fine sight to be seen, and plenty of the very best entertainment in hawking; in fact, there is no sport in the world to equal it! The Emperor himself is carried upon four elephants in a fine chamber made of timber, lined inside with plates of beaten gold, and outside with lions' skins, for he always travels in this way on his fowling expeditions because he is troubled with gout. He always keeps beside... 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 19 - Kublai is said to have asked for, the new Pope, Gregory X., could supply but two Dominicans; and these lost heart and drew back when they had barely taken the first step of the journey. Judging from certain indications we conceive it probable that the three Venetians, whose second start from Acre took place about November 1271, proceeded by Ayas and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul, and Baghdad, to Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some obstacle arose... 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 398 - ... for the lodgment of merchants from different parts of the world, and a special hostelry is assigned to each description of people, as if we should say there is one for the Lombards, another for the Germans, and a third for the Frenchmen... References to this bookFrom Google ScholarTranscultural SpaceDavid Tomas - 1993 - Visual Anthropology Review Skin as a MetaphorRotem Kowner - 2004 - Ethnohistory References from web pagesThe Travels of Marco Polo - GRAAND (0140440577) Реклама The Travels of Marco Polo - Marco Polo - Ronald Lantham - ISBN ... Marco Polo (1254-1323?) : Library of Congress Citations The travels of Marco Polo / a modern translation b/Polo, Marco ... Rustichello da Pisa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barnes & Noble.com - Books: The Travels of Marco Polo (Library of ... Bibliographic Details Syllabus - The Renaissance in Venice—Spring Quarter - Institute ... 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