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 27
the column stands upon the lions loins, whilston the toj) of the column there is a second marble lion,both being of great size and beautifully executed sculpture.At the distance of a pace from this column there is anotherprecisely the same, also with its two lions, and the spacebetween them is… … The Bridge of Pulisanghin (reduced from a Chinese original). Note 1.—Pul-i-Satij^ht, the name which Marco gives the Jiivcr^means in Persian simply (as Marsdcn noticed) The Stone IJridge. Ina very different region the same name often occurs in the history ofTimur applied to a certain bridge—I…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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