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 182
ers) in order to witness the phenomenaof the short summer night, as travellers now visit Hammerfest to witnessits entire absence. Russian chroniclers speak of an earlier capital of the Bulgariankingdom, Brakhimov near the mouth of the Kama, destroyed by Andrew,Grand Duke of Rostov and Susdal, about… … \,\l T vmewlsAfet Y^V.-rwvc Chap. II. BOLGHAR. 7 Baghdad to Bolghar, in a.d. 921. The King and people had aboutthis time been converted to Islam, having previously, as it would seem,professed Christianity. Nevertheless a Mahomedan writer of the 14thcentury says the people had then long renounced…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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