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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 480

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Head of a Native of Kashsar. is subject to the Great Kaan. The people worshipMahommet. There are a good number of towns and I Chap. XXXIII. THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR i8i villages, but the greatest and finest is Cascar itself. Theinhabitants live by trade and handicrafts ; they have … beautiful gardens and vineyards, and fine estates, andgrow a great deal of cotton. From this country many 182 MARCO POLO Book I. merchants go forth about the world on trading journeys.The natives are a wretched, niggardly set of people;they eat and drink in miserable fashion. There are inthe…

Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Inscriptions, Chinese

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