68. His personal attributes seen but
dimly. 69. Absence of scientific notions. 70. Map constructed on Polo's
data. 71. Singular omissions of Polo in regard to China; historical
inaccuracies. 72. Was Polo's Book materially affected by the Scribe
Rusticiano? 73. Marco's reading embraced the Alexandrian Romances.
Examples. 74. Injustice long done to Polo. Singular Modern Example.
XII. CONTEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF POLO AND HIS BOOK.
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.
