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 166
Island Monasteries on the Yangtse Kiang. 136 MARCO POLO. Book II. the Kiang. At present (May, i860) four steamers of 1200 tons plyweekly cither way between Shanghai and Hankau. Note 4.—12,000 cantars would be more than 500 tons, and I donot know if this can be justified by the burtlien of Chinese…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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