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" 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... "
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and ... - Page 19
by Marco Polo - 1875 - 606 pages
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The Quarterly Review (london)

Anonymous - History - 1868 - 602 pages
...proceeded by Mosul and Baghdad fo Hormuz, then situated on the mainland of Persia, near the mouth of the Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some...compelled them to abandon this project and turn north from Hormuz. They traversed successively Kerman and Khorasan, Balkh and Badakhshan, in which last country...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 124-125

1868 - 624 pages
...proceeded by Mosul and Baghdad to Hormuz, then situated on the mainland of Persia, near the mouth of the Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some...compelled them to abandon this project and turn north from Hornanz. They traversed successively Kerman and Khorasan, Balkh and Badakhshan, in which last...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 125

English literature - 1868 - 600 pages
...proceeded by Mosul and Baghdad to Hormuz, then situated on the mainland of Persia, near the mouth of the Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some...compelled them to abandon this project and turn north from Hormuz. They traversed successively Kerman and Khorasan, Balkh and Badakhshan, in which last country...
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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning ..., Volume 1; Volume 155

Marco Polo - Asia - 1871 - 624 pages
...moier et si fa fast) gravtda" I believe, however, that it is only a careless misrendcring of Pipinos statement about Marco's birth. Judging from certain...again from Hormuz. They then traversed successively Kerman and Khorasan, Balkh and Badakhshan, whence they ascended the upper Oxus to the Plateau of Pamer,...
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Central Asia: Travels in Cashmere, Little Thibet and Central Asia

Asia, Central - 1874 - 418 pages
...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...and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul and Baghdad, to Ormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some obstacle arose...
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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms ..., Volume 1

Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 862 pages
...aspettando la elletion dc nuovo Papa, ;/,-/ qual tt-nipo Mess. Nicolo si tolse mot'er et ii In /asi> graveda." I believe, however, that it is only a careless...again from Hormuz. They then traversed successively Kerman and Khorasan, Balkh and Badakhshan, whence they ascended the Panja or upper Oxus to the Plateau...
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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms ..., Volume 1

Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 730 pages
...Veniezia aspettando la elletion de nuovo Papa, nel qual tempo Mess. Nicolo si tolsc moier et a la las!> graveda" I believe, however, that it is only a careless...again from Hormuz. They then traversed successively Kerman and Khorasan, Balkh and Badakhshan, whence they ascended the Panja or upper Oxus to the Plateau...
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The Cyclopędia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia ..., Volume 3

Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1210 pages
...court of Kablai Khan, about November 1271, this time taking young Marco Polo with them. From Acre they proceeded by Ayas and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul, and Baghdad, to Ormuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, hoping to go on to China by sea. This they were not able to...
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The Cyclopędia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia ..., Volume 3

Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1224 pages
...court of Kablai Khan, about November 1271, this time taking young Marco Polo with them. From Acre they proceeded by Ayas and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul, and Baghdad, to Oruiuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, hoping to go on to China by sea. This they were not able...
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Report on the Old Records of the India Office: With Supplementary Note and ...

George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - India - 1890 - 326 pages
...second journey to the Court of Kublai Khan, this time taking young MARCO POLO with them. Prom Acre they proceeded by Ayas and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul, and Baghdad, to Ormuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, hoping to go on to China by sea. This they were not ablo to...
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