7, f°r a iong notice on dog-headed barbarians ;I reproduce here two of the cuts.—H. C] CHAPTER XIV. Concerning the Island of Seilan. When you leave the Island of Angamanain and sailabout a thousand miles in a direction a little south ofwest, you come to the Island of Seilan,1 which is ingood sooth… … Chap. XIV. THE ISLAND OF SEILAN 313 of the mariners of those seas. But the north windthere blows with such strength that it has causedthe sea to submerge a large part of the Island; andthat is the reason why it is not so big now as it usedto be. For you must know that, on the side wherethe north…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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