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 312
work; but a more genuineevidence of the prevalence of the legend is found in the celebratedHereford Map constructed in the 13th century by Richard de Halding-ham. This, in the vicinity of India and the Terrestrial Paradise, exhibitsa Tree with the rubric ■• Albo)- Balsami est Arbor Sicca. The… … Whether the J^iie de VArbre Sec in Paris derives its name from the legendI know not. The actual tree to which Polo refers in the text was probably oneof those so frequent in Persia, to which age, position, or accident hasattached a character of sanctity, and which are styled Dirak/it-i-Fazl^Trees…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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