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 445
countries unknown. IbnBatuta, with less accurate geography in his head than Abulfeda, maugrehis travels, asks about the Rampart of Gog and Magog (Sadd Vdjuj waMdjuj) when he is at Sin Kalan, i.e. Canton, and, as might be expected,gets little satisfaction. Apart from this interesting point Marsden… … Chap. LIX. CxOG AND MAGOG. 259 the two classes of people whom Marco tries to identify with Gog andMagog do substantially represent the two genera or species, Turksand Mongols, or, according to another nomenclature used by Rashid-uddin, the White and Black Tartars. To the latter class…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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