After an engraving in the
Theatrum Venetum.
MARCO POLO'S GALLEY going into action at CURZOLA. Drawn by Signor Q.
CENNI, from a design by the Editor.
Map to illustrate the SEA-FIGHT at CURZOLA, where Marco Polo was taken
prisoner.
SEAL of the PISAN PRISONERS in Genoa, after the battle of Meloria (1284).
From Manni, Osservazioni Storiche sopra Sigilli Antichi, tom. xii.
Engraved by T. ADENEY.
The Convent and CHURCH of S. LORENZO, the burial-place of Marco Polo, as
it existed in the 15th century. From the Map of 1500 (see above). Engraved
by the same.
Arms of the TREVISAN family, according to Priuli.
TAILED STAR near the Antarctic, as Marco Polo drew it for Pietro d'Abano.
From the Conciliator of Pietro d'Abano.
PROLOGUE.
Remains of the Castle of SOLDAIA or Sudak. After Dubois de Montpereux,
Voyage autour du Caucase, Atlas, 3d s. Pl. 64.
Ruins of BOLGHAR. After Demidoff, Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale, Pl.
75.
The GREAT KAAN delivering a GOLDEN TABLET to the two elder Polos. From a
miniature in the Livre des Merveilles du Monde (Fr. 2810) in the Library
at Paris, fol. 3 verso.
Castle of AYAS. After Langlois, Voyage en Cilicie.
Plan of ACRE as it was when lost (A.D. 1291). Reduced and translated from
the contemporary plan in the Secreta Fidelium Crucis of Marino Sanudo
the Elder, engraved in Bongars, Gesta Dei per Francos, vol. ii.
Portrait of Pope GREGORY X. After J. B. de Cavaleriis Pontificum
Romanorum Effigies, etc. Romae, 1580.
Ancient CHINESE WAR VESSEL. From the Chinese Encyclopaedia called
San-Thsai-Thou-Hoei, in the Paris Library.
BOOK FIRST.
Coin of King HETUM I. and Queen ISABEL of Cilician Armenia. From an
original in the British Museum. Engraved by ADENEY.
Castle of BAIBURT. After Texier, L'Armenie, Pl. 3.
Mediaeval GEORGIAN FORTRESS. From a drawing by Padre CRISTOFORO DI
CASTELLI of the Theatine Mission, made in 1634, and now in the Communal
Library at Palermo. The name of the place has been eaten away, and I have
not yet been able to ascertain it.
View of DERBEND. After a cut from a drawing by M. Moynet in the Tour du
Monde, vol. i.
Coin of BADRUDDIN LOLO of Mosul (A.H. 620). After Marsden's Numismata
Orientalia, No. 164. By ADENEY.
GHAZAN Khan's Mosque at TABRIZ. Borrowed from Fergusson's History of
Architecture.
KASHMIR SCARF with animals, etc. After photograph from the scarf in the
Indian Museum.
Humped Oxen from the Assyrian Sculptures at Kouyunjik. From Rawlinson's
Ancient Monarchies.
Portrait of a Hazara. From a Photograph, kindly taken for the purpose, by
M.-Gen. C. P. Keyes, C.B., Commanding the Panjab Frontier Force.
Illustrations of the use of the DOUBLE RUDDER in the Middle Ages. 7
figures, viz., No. 1, The Navicello of Giotto in the Porch of St. Peter's.
From Eastlake's H. of Painting; Nos.
