 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 sayfa
...CITY OF CHAN-GHIAN-FU. CHAN-GHIAN-FU is a city of the province of Manji,2 the inhabitants of which are idolaters, subjects of the grand khan, and use his paper money. They gain their living by trade and manufacture, and are wealthy. They weave tissues of silk and gold. .The... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 sayfa
...CITY OF CHAN-GHIAN-TO. CHAN-GHIAN-FU is a city of the province of Manji, 2 the inhabitants of which are idolaters, subjects of the grand khan, and use his paper money. They gain their living by trade and manufacture, and are wealthy. They weave tissues of silk and gold. The... | |
 | James Harvey (of Liverpool.) - 1877 - 268 sayfa
...himself in Paradise. " Singan is a large magnificent city, the circumference of which is twenty miles. The inhabitants are idolaters, subjects of the Grand Khan, and use his paper money. "Departing from Chan-ghian-fui, you pass many towns and fortified places, the inhabitants of which... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1997 - 324 sayfa
...the City of Chan-ghian-fu Chan-ghian-fu is a city of the province of Manji, the inhabitants of which are idolaters, subjects of the Grand Khan, and use his paper money. They gain their living by trade and manufacture, and are wealthy. They weave tissues of silk and gold. The... | |
 | Marco Polo - 2002 - 492 sayfa
...SIN-GUI [Soochow] is a large and magnificent city, the circumference of which is twenty miles. The people have vast quantities of raw silk, and manufacture...be a subject of astonishment. They are, however, a cowardly race, and solely occupied with their trade and manufactures. In these indeed they display... | |
 | Marco Polo - 2003 - 484 sayfa
...SIN-GUI [Soochow] is a large and magnificent city, the circumference of which is twenty miles. The people have vast quantities of raw silk, and manufacture...be a subject of astonishment. They are, however, a cowardly race, and solely occupied with their trade and manufactures. In these indeed they display... | |
 | Peter N. Stearns - 2008 - 433 sayfa
...merchants trade. . . . Sin-gui is a large and magnificent city, the circumference of which is twenty miles. The inhabitants are idolaters, subjects of the grand...great as to be a subject of astonishment. . . . They have amongst them many physicians of eminent skill, who can ascertain the nature of the disorder, and... | |
 | 1923 - 576 sayfa
...circumference of which is 30 miles." Marco Polo noted that its inhabitants had "vast quantities of silk, ;md manufacture it, not only for their own consumption, all of them being clothed in it, but also for other markets." an observation as true today as it was in the time of the Venetian... | |
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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... 