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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 369

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s have neither rice or corn, but only descend into thesea and catch fish and shrimps in their nets ; they also plant Banians and Cocoa-treesfor their food.—H. C] I imagine our travellers form Angamanain to be an Arabic (oblique) dual—The two Andamans, viz. The Great and The Little, the former being… … n.Hous.telm d The Bonis. (From a Manuscript.) ^/rf&r^srj-eT^ jected because the old Chinese transcription gives So—(or Sun) damdn. . . . ThePien-i-tien (ch. 107, I. fol. 30) gives a description of Andaman, here calledAn-to-man kwoh, quoted from the San-tsai Tu-hwui.—II. C] The origin of the…

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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