The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian: The Translation of Marsden Revised, with a Selection of His NotesH. Bohn, 1854 - 508 sayfa |
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abundance according Acomat amongst animals appears appellation Argon army Basle edition belonging birds called capital carried castles Cathay CHAPTER China Chinese Christians circumstances coast colour commencement consequence court described distance dominions dynasty eastern elephants emperor emperor of China empire employed flesh former gold grand khan Guignes Halde handsome horses hundred Ibn Haukal idolaters idols India inhabitants island Italian epitomes Java Jengiz-khan journey Kaidu Kamboja Kanbalu Khorasan Kiang-si Kin-sai kind king kingdom Kublaï lake latter likewise Mahometans majesty Manji manner manufacture Marco Polo mentioned merchants miles mountains natives Nestorian Nogai observed occasion palace Persia persons port Prester John prince produced province of Manji quantity Ramusio's text reign respect river Saracens says side silk situated speak spoken Sumatra supposed Tangut Tartars termed thence thousand Tibet towns trade travellers vessels whilst word Yun-nan
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Sayfa 1 - The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Sayfa 72 - Clothed in rich dresses they were seen continually sporting and amusing themselves in the garden and pavilions, their female guardians being confined within doors and never suffered to appear. The object which the chief had in view in forming a garden of this fascinating kind, was this : that Mahomet having promised to those who should obey his will the enjoyments of Paradise, where every species of sensual gratification should be found, in the society of beautiful nymphs, he was desirous of...
Sayfa 344 - The other ships, which, not being so near to the land, did not suffer from the storm, and in which the two chiefs were embarked, together with the principal officers, or those whose rank entitled them to command a hundred thousand or ten thousand men, directed their course homewards, and returned to the grand khan. Those of the Tartars who remained upon the island where they were wrecked, and who amounted to about thirty thousand men, finding themselves left without shipping, abandoned by their leaders,...
Sayfa 216 - These are large and handsome buildings, having several well-furnished apartments, hung with silk, and provided with everything suitable to persons of rank. Even kings may be lodged at these stations in a becoming manner, as every article required may be obtained from the towns and strong places in the vicinity; and for some of them the court makes regular provision. At each station four hundred good horses are kept in constant readiness, in order that all messengers going and coming upon the business...
Sayfa 210 - When thus coined in large quantities, this paper currency is circulated in every part of the grand Khan's dominions; nor dares any person, at the peril of his life, refuse to accept it in payment. All his subjects receive it without hesitation, because, wherever their business may call them, they can dispose of it again in the purchase of merchandise they may...
Sayfa 426 - And to the end that they might provoke the elephants to fight, they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries. " Moreover, they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and.
Sayfa 343 - ... round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their dead, and with another part to burn them. The former have a practice of putting one of these pearls into the mouth of the corpse. There are also found there a number of precious stones.
Sayfa 303 - They have vast quantities of raw silk, and manufacture it, not only for their own consumption, all of them being clothed in dresses of silk, but also for other markets. There are amongst them some very rich merchants, and the number of inhabitants is so great as to be a subject of astonishment. They are, however, a pusillanimous race, and solely occupied with their trade and manufactures.
Sayfa 36 - All those cloths of gold and of silk which we call muslins are of the manufacture of Mosul, and all the great merchants termed Mossulini, who convey spices and drugs, in large quantities, from one country to another, are from this province. In the mountainous parts there is a race of people named Kurds, some of whom are Christians of the Nestorian and Jacobite sects, and others Mahometans. They are all an unprincipled people, whose occupation it is to rob the merchants.
Sayfa 342 - The entire roof is covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead.