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 154
rs lance,whilst the Arctic Pole was as muchbelow the horizon. Tis from that place,he says, that they export to us camphor, lign-aloes, and brazil. He says the ^3 Star at the Antarctic as sketchedo - ^^^ by Marco Polo. heat there is intense, and the habita-tions few. And these things he witnessed in… … * Petn Aponensis Medici ac Philosophi Celeberriini, Concilialor, Venice, 1521,fol. 97. Peter was born in 1250 at Abano, near Padua, and was Professor ofMedicine at the University in the latter city. He twice fell into the claws of theUnholy Office, and only escaped them by death in 1316. t The…
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