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 427
eeds, and,when necessity compels it to do so, wings its way . . . over incredibledistances to obtain water or food. Hue says, speaking of the bird onthe northern frontier of China : They generally arrive in great flightsfrom the north, especially when much snow has fallen, flying with asto-nishing… … of its being moult volant, as Polo says it is—that it appeared in Englandin 1859, and since then, at least up to 1863, continued to arrive annuallyin pairs or companies in nearly all parts of our island, from Penzance toCaithness. And Gould states that it was breeding in the Danishislands. A full…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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