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 40
cribe the for-tress as lying 20 miles to the east of the river. Not maintaining the infallibility of our travellers memory, we mightconceive it to have got confused here, between the recollections of hisjourney westward and those of his return ; but this would not removeall the difficulties. It is,… … Plan of Kychau, after Duhalde. the text is that the castle was at the Kychau of the maps, nearly duewest of Pingyang-fu, and just about 20 miles from the Hoang Ho ; thatthe river was crossed in that vicinity, and that the traveller then de- l6 MARCO POLO. Book II scended the valley to opposite…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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