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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 310

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icked up in the sand, at several stations on this coast, numerous Byzan-tine and C/iinese as well as Hindu coins. The brickwork of the pagoda,as described by him, very fine and closely fitted but without cement, cor-responds to that of the Burmese and Ceylonese medieval Buddhist build-ings. The… … Chinese Pagoda (so called) at Negapatam. From a sketch taktn in 1846 by Sir Walter Elliott. Mabar is mentioned {Maparh) in the Chinese Annals as one of theforeign kingdoms which sent tribute to Kublai in 1286 (siipra, p. 239) ;and Pauthier has given some very curious and novel extracts fromChinese…

Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese

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