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 519
on, and about i6o feet inheight, stands immediately in rear of the palace buildings. It is calledby the Chinese King-Shan, Court Mountain, IVan-sii-Shan, TenThousand Year Mount, and Mei-Shan, Coal Mount, the last fromthe material of which it is traditionally said to be composed (as a pro-vision of… … Distant View of the Green Mount. but was formed by the Ming Emperors from the excavation of theexisting lake on the site Avhich the Mongol Palace had occupied. Thereis another mount, he adds, adjoining the east shore of the lake, whichmust be of older date even than Kublai, for a Dagoba standing on…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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