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 457
(see ch. li. note 3,supra) Arulun Tsaghan Balghassun, and Erchiigin Langting Bal-ghassun. {Gerbillon in Astley, IV. 701-716 ;/. As. ser. 2, tom. xi.345-50; Schott, Die letzten Jahre der MongoknJierrschaft in China (Berl.Acad. d. Wissensch. 1850, p. 502-3); Hues Tarfary, &c., p. 14 seqq.;Cathay,… … Pavi!!un at Yuen-min-Yuen. Note 2.—Ramusio is here so much more lucid than the other texts,that I have adhered mainly to his account of the building. The roofdescribed is of a kind in use in the Indian Archipelago, and in someother parts of Transgangetic India, in which the semi-cylinders ofbamboo…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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