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The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East; (1903)

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?, Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925, Yule, Amy Frances, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London, J. Murray · leaf 290

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n.Hence, if we rely on Ramusio, they must have left Venice about 1253-54. And weshall see also that they reached the Volga in 1261. Hence their start from Con-stantinople may well have occurred in 1260, and this I have adopted as the mostprobable correction. Where they spent the interval between… … Castb of Soldaia or Sudal Note 2.—In the Middle Ages the Euxine was frequently called JMare Alagmimor Alajits. Thus Chaucer :— In the Grh;te See,At many a noble Armee hadde he be. The term Black Sea {Mare Alaiiriim v. Nigriini) was, however, in use, andAbulfeda says it was general in his day. That…

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