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 528
one above theother. A cut of this court-yard, with its instruments and aged trees,also ascribed to the Mongol time, will be inserted below, in Chapterxxxiii. The instruments on the terrace of the Observatory are thosesupplied in later years under the supervision of the Jesuits. {AtlasSinensis, p.… … South Gate of Imperial City at Peking. 336 MARCO POLO. Book.II. CHAPTER XII. How THE Great Kaan maintains a Guard of Twelve ThousandHorse, which are called Keshican. You must know that the Great Kaan, to maintain his state,hath a guard of twelve thousand horsemen, who are styledKeshican, which is…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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