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 548
f this eagle (which he calls Bear coote),attacking both deer and wolves. In both cases he represents the birdas striking one claw into the neck, and the other into the back of itslarge prey, and then tearing out the liver with its beak. Some thingsin these passages seem open to criticism, but Mr.… … The Barkiit Eagle, after Atkinson. 2 A 2 356 MARCO POLO. Book II. CHAPTER XIX. Concerning the Two Brothers who have charge of the Kaans Hounds. The Emperor hath two Barons who are own brothers, onecalled Baian and the other Mingan; and these two arestyled Chimtchi (or Cunichi) which is as much as…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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