Works, Volume 41Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... Marco Polo , ii , p . 440 n . ] 3 Aden , one of those places which nature has marked for perpetual revival , is mentioned , both by Marco Polo and by Marino Sanudo his contemporary , as the great entrepôt of that his voyage down the ...
... Marco Polo , ii , p . 440 n . ] 3 Aden , one of those places which nature has marked for perpetual revival , is mentioned , both by Marco Polo and by Marino Sanudo his contemporary , as the great entrepôt of that his voyage down the ...
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... [ Marco Polo , i , pp . 164-6 n . ] The name appears still more exactly in another passage of Marco Polo , where he describes the invasion of India by the Mongol prince whom he calls Nogodar . [ " He left his uncle who was then in Greater ...
... [ Marco Polo , i , pp . 164-6 n . ] The name appears still more exactly in another passage of Marco Polo , where he describes the invasion of India by the Mongol prince whom he calls Nogodar . [ " He left his uncle who was then in Greater ...
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... Marco Polo , ii , pp . 396- 7 n . ] The description here given of the production of camphor has no resemblance to the truth , and I suspect that he may have confounded with camphor either something that he had learned about the Tabashir ...
... Marco Polo , ii , pp . 396- 7 n . ] The description here given of the production of camphor has no resemblance to the truth , and I suspect that he may have confounded with camphor either something that he had learned about the Tabashir ...
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Central Arabia third pilgrimage crosses the Red Sea and travels | 7 |
residence in India his extravagance 13 he falls into disfavour | 15 |
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