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 67
anted, to act in thatcapacity, and as such they were good for nothing ; the crossbowmen, he insists,should be men specially enlisted for that service and kept to that. He would havesome 10 or 20 per cent, only of the fleet built very light and manned in threes.He does not seem to have contemplated… … ox MEDIEVAL WAR-GALLEYS. Ixiii evidently have been something quite new and unheard of.*So late as 1567 indeed the King of Spain built at Barcelonaa galley of thirty-six benches to the side, and seven men tothe bench, with a separate oar to each in the old fashion. Butit proved a failure, f Down to…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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