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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 42

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oth December, 1894 = thirty-six days; he reckons 1389kilometres = 863 miles. (See Rev. C. Holcombe, Tour through Shan-hsi and Shen-hsimjour. North China Br. R. A. S. N. S. X. pp. 54-70.)—H. C.] Note 2.—Pul-i-Sangin, the name which Marco gives the River, means in Persiansimply (as Marsden noticed)… … /I Houue/ln. dT~ The Bridge of Pulisanghin. (From the Livre des Mcrveiltcs.) Turkish admiral Sidi Ali, travelling that way from India in the 16th century, appliesthe name, as it is applied here, to the river; for his journal tells us that beyondKulab he crossed the River Pulisangi?i. We may easily…

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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