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 178
t have left Venice about 1253-54. And we shall see also Chap. 1. VENTURE OF THE TWO BROTHERS POLO. 3 that they reached the Wolga in 1261. Hence then- start from Con-stantmople may well have occurred in 1260, and this I have adopted asthe most probable correction. Where they spent the interval… … Castle of Soldaia or Sudak. Note 2.—In the Middle Ages the Black Sea, though that name {MareMaurutn v. Nigrum) was by no means unknown, was generally calledMare Magnum or Majns. Thus Chaucer :— In the Grete See,At many a noble Armee hadde he be. Soldaia or Soldac/iia, called by Orientals Siiddk,…
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