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 90
efore them. It is a fair conjecture that to that remnant Rusticiano ofPisa may have belonged. We have seen Ramusios representation of the kindnessshown to Marco during his imprisonment by a certain Genoesegentleman, who also assisted him to reduce his travels towriting. We may be certain that this… … Seal of the Pisan Prisoners. * Memorial. Potestat. Regicns. in Min-atori, viii. 1162. f Sqq Frag/n. Hist. Pisan. in Miiratori, xxiv. 651, seqq.; and Caffaro, id. vi.588, 594-5. Tiie cut in the text represents a striking memorial of those PisanPrisoners which perhaps still survives, but which at any…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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