between two mountains ; not thatthey were really Tartars, however, for there were noTartars in those days, but they consisted of a race ofpeople called Comanians and many besides.3 [In this province all the forests are of box-wood.4]There are numerous towns and villages, and silk is pro-duced in… … VOL. I I) 2 52 MARCO POLO Book I. the people live by trade and handicrafts. Tis a very-mountainous region, and full of strait defiles and olfortresses, insomuch that the Tartars have never beenable to subdue it out and out. There is in this country a certain Convent of Nunscalled St. Leonards,…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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