The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 109
the middle of the century. Cll INTRODUCTION. wish, in the church of S. Lorenzo ; and indeed Sansovinobears testimony to the fact in a confused notice of ourPlace of Traveller.* But there does not seem to have beenProfessed any monument to Marco, though the sarcophagusPoL!^^ ^ ° which had been… … S. Lorenzo, as it was in the 15th century. NicoLAi Paulo de contrata S. Ioannis Grisostemi.The church was renewed from its foundations in 1592, andthen, probably, the sarcophagus was cast aside and lost, andwith it all certainty as to the position of the tomb.f There is no portrait of Marco Polo in…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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