An edition of The book of Ser Marco Polo
(1903)
The book of Ser Marco Polo
the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East
3d ed. / revised throughout in the light of recent discoveries by Henri Cordier ; with a memoir of Henry Yule by his daughter, Amy Frances Yule.
by Marco Polo
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The book of Ser Marco Polo: the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East
1903, John Murray
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- 3d ed. / revised throughout in the light of recent discoveries by Henri Cordier ; with a memoir of Henry Yule by his daughter, Amy Frances Yule.
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Table of Contents
I. Pref. to 3rd ed. Pref. to 2nd ed. Original pref. Original dedication. Memoir of Sir Henry Yule / Amy Francis Yule. A bibliography of Sir Henry Yule's writings. Introductory notices: I. Obscurities in the history of his life and books. Ramusio's statements. II. Sketch of the state of the East at the time of the journeys of the Polo family. III. The Polo family. IV. Digression concerning the mansion of the Polo family at S. Giovanni Grisostomo. V. Digression concerning the war-galleys of the Mediterranean states in the middle ages. VI. The jealousies and naval wars of Venice and Genoa ... and imprisonment of M. Polo by the Genoese. VII. Rusticano or Tustichello of Pisa. VIII. Notices of Marco Polo's history after the termination of his imprisonment at Genoa. IX. Marco Polo's book : and the language in which it was first written. X. Various types of text of Marco's books. XI. Some estimates of the character of Polo and his book. XII. Contemporary recognition of Polo and his book. XIII. Nature of Polo's influence on geographical knowledge. XIV. Explanations regarding the basis adopted for the present translation. The book of Marco Polo: Prologue ; books 1-2
II. The book of Marco Polo: book 2 (continued)-4. Appendices: A. Genealogy of the house of Chinghiz to the end of the 18th century. B. The Polo families. C. Calendar of documents relating to Marco Polo and his family. D. Comparative specimens of the different recensions of Polo's text. E. Pref. to Pipino's Latin ver
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Translated from Pauthier's text, Paris, 1865. All items of real value found in the Geographic text, published by the Soc. géog. de Paris, 1824, and omitted by Pauthier, have been inserted and everything peculiar to Ramusio's version having a just claim to be reckoned authentic has been introduced in square brackets. cf. Introd., v.1, p. 141-142.
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