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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 86

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sc. I. p. 3) says: In corroboration of Polosstatement regarding the explosions produced when burning bamboos, I may adduceSir Joseph Hookers Himalayan Journals (edition of 1891, p. 100), where in speaking ofthe fires in the jungles, he says : Their triumph is in reaching a great bamboo clump,when… … 43 MARCO POLO Book II. Richthofen remarks that nowhere in China does the bamboo attain such a size asin this region. Bamboos of three palms in girth (28 to 30 inches) exist, but are notordinary, I should suppose, even in Sze-chwan. In 1855 I took some pains toprocure in Pegu a specimen 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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