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 354
ediately westof Pamer. This, according to V. St. Martin, is the Piiliho of HwenThsang; it appears as a geographical position in the Tables of Nasir-uddin, and reappears in the Chinese tables of last century with preciselythe same latitude. These last I fancy form the chief authority for theposition… … Chap. XXXIII. THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR. 169 Klaproth has given extracts, as situated to the south-west of Yarkand andeast of Badakhshan, and as containing, when it submitted to the Chinesein 1749, 30,000 families. This of course could not be Balti. AnotherChinese extract speaks of the Foolurh (Bolor?)…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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