th December, 1894 = thirty-six days; he reckons 1389kilometres = 863 miles. (See Rev. C. Holcombe, Tour through Shan-hsi and Shen-hsiin Jour. North China Br. R. A. S. N. S. X. pp. 54-70.)—H. C] Note 2.—Pul-i-Sangtn, the name which Marco gives the River, means in Persiansimply (as Marsden noticed)… … The Bridge of Pulisanghin. (From the Livrc des Merveilles.) Turkish admiral Sidi Ali, travelling that way from India in the 16th century, appliesthe name, as it is applied here, to the river ; for his journal tells us that beyondKuiab he crossed the LZiver Pulisangin. We may easily suppose,…
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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