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IX. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY OF ACRE; AND THENCE TO VENICE

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IX. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY OF ACRE; AND THENCE TO VENICE

NOTES. - 1.

Names of the deceased Pope and of the Legate. 2. Negropont. 3. Mark's age.

X. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS AGAIN DEPARTED FROM VENICE, ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE GREAT KAAN, AND TOOK WITH THEM MARK, THE SON OF MESSER NICOLO

NOTE. - Oil from the Holy Sepulchre.

XI. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS SET OUT FROM ACRE, AND MARK ALONG WITH THEM

NOTE. - Pope Gregory X. and his Election.

XII. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE THE NEW POPE

NOTES. - 1. William of Tripoli. 2. Powers conceded to Missionary Friars. 3. Bundukdar and his Invasion of Armenia; his character. 4. The Templars in Cilician Armenia.

XIII. - HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO POLO, ACCOMPANIED BY MARK, TRAVELLED TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN

NOTE. - The City of Kemenfu, Summer Residence of Kublai.

XIV. - HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO POLO AND MARCO PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE THE GREAT KAAN

NOTES. - 1. Verbal. 2. "Vostre Homme."

XV. - HOW THE LORD SENT MARK ON AN EMBASSY OF HIS

NOTES. - 1. The four Characters learned by Marco, what? 2. Ramusio's addition. 3. Nature of Marco's employment.

XVI. - HOW MARK RETURNED FROM THE MISSION WHEREON HE HAD BEEN SENT

XVII. - HOW MESSER NICOLO, MESSER MAFFEO, AND MESSER MARCO, ASKED LEAVE OF THE GREAT KAAN TO GO THEIR WAY

NOTES. - 1. Risks to Foreigners on a change of Sovereign. 2. The Lady Bolgana. 3. Passage from Ramusio.

XVIII. - HOW THE TWO BROTHERS AND MESSER MARCO TOOK LEAVE OF THE GREAT KAAN, AND RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY

NOTES. - 1. Mongol Royal Messengers. 2. Mongol communication with the King of England. 3. Mediaeval Ships of China. 4. Passage from China to Sumatra. 5. Mortality among the party. 6. The Lady Cocachin in Persian History. 7. Death of the Kaan. 8. The Princess of Manzi.

BOOK FIRST.

Account of Regions Visited or heard of on the Journey from the Lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu.

I. - HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA

NOTES. - 1. Little Armenia. 2. Meaning of Chasteaux. 3. Sickliness of Cilician Coast. 4. The phrase "fra terre."

II. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA

NOTES. - 1. Brutality of the people. 2. Application of name Turcomania. Turcoman Hordes.

III. - DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA

NOTES. - 1. Erzingan. Buckrams, what were they? 2. Erzrum. 3. Baiburt. 4. Ararat. 5. Oil wells of Baku.

IV. - OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF

NOTES. - 1. Georgian Kings. 2. The Georgians. 3. The Iron Gates and Wall of Alexander. 4. Box forests. 5. Goshawks. 6. Fish Miracle. 7. Sea of Ghel or Ghelan. Names ending in -an. 8. Names of the Caspian, and navigation thereon. 9. Fish in the Caspian.

V. - OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL

NOTES. - 1. Atabeks of Mosul. 2. Nestorian and Jacobite Christians. 3. Mosolins. 4. The Kurds. 5. Mush and Mardin.

VI. - OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN

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