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 154
tain proportions between the ilifferent dimensions of • 1 hus Jomvillc mentions the journey of Jchan 1i Krmin the kinds .irtillcrist, fromAcre to. Damascus, /<>///■ achdcr eorius ft gins fsuir/nin- nibaltslrcs lo buy horns andglue to make crosslmws withal (p. 134). t The con.slruction is… … VOL. II. K 124 MARCO POLO. Book II. the machine and the weight of the shot, for which doubtless traditionalrules of thumb existed among the medieval engineers. The ordinary shot consisted of stones carefully rounded. I5ut forthese were substituted on occasion rough stones with fuses…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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