- spent the interval between 1254 (if they really leftVenice so early) and 1260, nowhere appears. But as their brother, Mark the Elder,in his Will styles himself whilom of Constantinople, their headquarters wereprobably (here. … Cast!;: of Soldaia or Sudak. Note 2.—In the Middle Ages the Euxine was frequently called Marc Magnumor Majns. Thus Chaucer :— In the Gr^te Sef,At many a noble Armee hadde he be. The term Black Sea {Mare Maiirum v. Nigrum) was, however, in use, andAbulfeda says it was general in his day. That name…
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