Sec. 75. How far was there diffusion of his Book in his own day?
76. Contemporary References to Polo. T. de Cepoy; Pipino; Jacopo
d'Acqui; Giov. Villani. 77. Pietro d'Abano; Jean le Long of Ypres.
78. Curious borrowings from Polo in the Romance of Bauduin de Sebourc.
78 bis. Chaucer and Marco Polo.
XIII. NATURE OF POLO'S INFLUENCE ON GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
Sec. 79. Tardy operation, and causes thereof. 80. General characteristics
of Mediaeval Cosmography. 81. Roger Bacon as a Geographer. 82. Arab
Geography. 83. Marino Sanudo the Elder. 84. The Catalan Map of 1375, the
most complete mediaeval embodiment of Polo's Geography. 85. Fra Mauro's
Map. Confusions in Cartography of the 16th Century from the endeavour to
combine new and old information. 86. Gradual disappearance of Polo's
nomenclature. 87. Alleged introduction of Block-printed Books into
Europe by Marco Polo in connexion with the fiction of the invention of
Printing by Castaldi of Feltre. 88. Frequent opportunities for such
introduction in the Age following Polo's.
XIV. EXPLANATIONS REGARDING THE BASIS ADOPTED FOR THE PRESENT TRANSLATION
Sec. 89. Texts followed by Marsden and by Pauthier. 90. Eclectic Formation
of the English Text of this Translation. 91. Mode of rendering Proper
Names.
THE BOOK OF MARCO POLO.
PROLOGUE.
PRELIMINARY ADDRESS OF RUSTICIANO OF PISA
I. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS POLO SET FORTH FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO TRAVERSE
THE WORLD
NOTES. - 1. Chronology. 2. "The Great Sea." The Port of Soldaia.
II. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS WENT ON BEYOND SOLDAIA
NOTES. - 1. Site and Ruins of Sarai. 2. City of Bolghar. 3. Alau Lord of
the Levant (i.e. Hulaku). 4. Ucaca on the Volga. 5. River Tigeri.
III. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS, AFTER CROSSING A DESERT, CAME TO THE CITY OF
BOCARA, AND FELL IN WITH CERTAIN ENVOYS THERE
NOTES. - 1. "Bocara a City of Persia." 2. The Great Kaan's Envoys.
IV. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS TOOK THE ENVOYS' COUNSEL, AND WENT TO THE COURT
OF THE GREAT KAAN
V. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS ARRIVED AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN
VI. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN ASKED ALL ABOUT THE MANNERS OF THE CHRISTIANS, AND
PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE POPE OF ROME
NOTE. - Apostoille. The name Tartar.
VII. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN SENT THE TWO BROTHERS AS HIS ENVOYS TO THE POPE
NOTES. - 1. The Great Kaan's Letter. 2. The Seven Arts. 3. Religious
Indifference of the Mongol Princes.
VIII. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN GAVE THEM A TABLET OF GOLD, BEARING HIS ORDERS
IN THEIR BEHALF
NOTES. - 1. The Tablet. 2. The Port of Ayas.
IX. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY OF ACRE; AND THENCE TO VENICE
NOTES. - 1. Names of the deceased Pope and of the Legate. 2. Negropont.
3. Mark's age.
X. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS AGAIN DEPARTED FROM VENICE, ON THEIR WAY BACK TO
THE GREAT KAAN, AND TOOK WITH THEM MARK, THE SON OF MESSER NICOLO
NOTE. - Oil from the Holy Sepulchre.
XI. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS SET OUT FROM ACRE, AND MARK ALONG WITH THEM
NOTE. - Pope Gregory X. and his Election.
XII. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE THE NEW POPE
NOTES. - 1. William of Tripoli. 2. Powers conceded to Missionary Friars.
3. Bundukdar and his Invasion of Armenia; his character. 4. The Templars
in Cilician Armenia.
XIII. - HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO POLO, ACCOMPANIED BY MARK,
TRAVELLED TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN
NOTE. - The City of Kemenfu, Summer Residence of Kublai.
XIV. - HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO POLO AND MARCO PRESENTED
THEMSELVES BEFORE THE GREAT KAAN
NOTES. - 1. Verbal. 2. "Vostre Homme."
XV. - HOW THE LORD SENT MARK ON AN EMBASSY OF HIS
NOTES. - 1. The four Characters learned by Marco, what? 2. Ramusio's
addition. 3. Nature of Marco's employment.
XVI. - HOW MARK RETURNED FROM THE MISSION WHEREON HE HAD BEEN SENT
XVII. - HOW MESSER NICOLO, MESSER MAFFEO, AND MESSER MARCO, ASKED LEAVE OF
THE GREAT KAAN TO GO THEIR WAY
NOTES. - 1. Risks to Foreigners on a change of Sovereign. 2. The Lady
Bolgana. 3. Passage from Ramusio.
XVIII. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS AND MESSER MARCO TOOK LEAVE OF THE GREAT
KAAN, AND RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY
NOTES. - 1. Mongol Royal Messengers. 2. Mongol communication with the
King of England. 3. Mediaeval Ships of China. 4. Passage from China
to Sumatra. 5. Mortality among the party. 6. The Lady Cocachin in
Persian History. 7. Death of the Kaan. 8. The Princess of Manzi.
BOOK FIRST.
Account of Regions Visited or heard of on the Journey from the Lesser
Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu.
I. - HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA
NOTES. - 1. Little Armenia. 2. Meaning of Chasteaux. 3. Sickliness of
Cilician Coast. 4. The phrase "fra terre."
II. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA
NOTES. - 1. Brutality of the people. 2. Application of name Turcomania.
Turcoman Hordes.
III. - DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA
NOTES. - 1. Erzingan. Buckrams, what were they? 2. Erzrum. 3. Baiburt.
4. Ararat. 5. Oil wells of Baku.
IV. - OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF
NOTES. - 1. Georgian Kings. 2. The Georgians. 3. The Iron Gates and Wall
of Alexander. 4. Box forests. 5. Goshawks. 6. Fish Miracle. 7. Sea of
Ghel or Ghelan. Names ending in -an. 8. Names of the Caspian, and
navigation thereon. 9. Fish in the Caspian.
V. - OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL
NOTES. - 1. Atabeks of Mosul. 2. Nestorian and Jacobite Christians.
3. Mosolins. 4. The Kurds. 5. Mush and Mardin.
VI. - OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN
NOTES. - 1. Baudas, or Baghdad. 2. Island of Kish. 3. Basra.
4. Baldachins and other silk textures; Animal patterns. 5, 6. Hulaku's
Expedition. 7. The Death of the Khalif Mosta'sim. 8. Froissart.
VII. - HOW THE CALIF OF BAUDAS TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN
HIS LAND
NOTES. - 1. Chronology. 2. "Ses Regisles et ses Casses."
VIII. - HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CALIF
HAD SAID
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