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 557
or Kienlung received LordMacartney in the same region in 1793, of which one view is given inStauntons plates. Another exists in the Staunton Collection in theB. M., of which I give a reduced sketch. Kublais great tent after all was but a fraction of the size of Akbarsaudience-tents, the largest of… … The Tents of the Emperor Kienlung. In the description of the tent-poles, Pauthiers text has trois cou-loinbcs de fust de pieces moult bien ejicuicrees &c. The G. T. has ^^ de/t7>/^^despecies viout bien cures &c. The Crusca, di spezie juolto belleand Ramusio going off at a tangent, ^^ di…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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