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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 479

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ndthe Gryphon i^Angka) are three names of things that exist nowhere. And Masudi,after having said that whatever country he visited he always found that the peoplebelieved these monstrous creatures to exist in regions as remote as possible from theirown, observes: It is not that our reason… … Frontispiece showing the Bird Rtikh. the Divine Power ; but we decline to believe in them because their existence has notbeen manifested to us on any irrefragable authority. The circumstance which for the time localized the Rukh in the direction ofMadagascar was perhaps some rumour of the great…

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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