Works, Volume 37Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... Marco Polo the modern Yun - nan is divided into two provinces , the capital of one of which is Jaci ( Yach'i ) as here , and the capital of the other called by the same name as the province . In Murray's edition the former province is ...
... Marco Polo the modern Yun - nan is divided into two provinces , the capital of one of which is Jaci ( Yach'i ) as here , and the capital of the other called by the same name as the province . In Murray's edition the former province is ...
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... Marco Polo writes : " [ The Emperor makes the notes ] of the bark of a certain tree , in fact the Mulberry Tree , the leaves of which are the food of the silkworms . " - Dr . Bretschneider ( Hist . Botan . Disc . , i , p . 4 ) makes the ...
... Marco Polo writes : " [ The Emperor makes the notes ] of the bark of a certain tree , in fact the Mulberry Tree , the leaves of which are the food of the silkworms . " - Dr . Bretschneider ( Hist . Botan . Disc . , i , p . 4 ) makes the ...
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Hakluyt Society. to Java and not to Sumatra , we must remember that Marco Polo there speaks with wonder of the country's lying so far to the south that the Pole Star could not be seen . And in a very curious contemporary reference to Polo ...
Hakluyt Society. to Java and not to Sumatra , we must remember that Marco Polo there speaks with wonder of the country's lying so far to the south that the Pole Star could not be seen . And in a very curious contemporary reference to Polo ...
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early employment 4 sent by the Pope to Kúblái Khan letter from | 26 |
Chagatai 32 chronological difficulties in connexion with the dates | 35 |
Archbishop of Soltania 37 another work probably his but erroneously | 38 |
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