By Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
Including the unabridged third edition (1903) of Henry Yule's annotated
translation, as revised by Henri Cordier; together with Cordier's later
volume of notes and addenda (1920)
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II
Containing the second volume of the 1903 edition and the 1920 volume of
addenda (two original volumes bound as one)
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE BOOK OF MARCO POLO
APPENDICES
INDEX
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
BOOK SECOND - (Continued).
PART II.
Journey to the West and South-West of Cathay.
XXXV. - HERE BEGINS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERIOR OF CATHAY; AND FIRST OF
THE RIVER PULISANGHIN
NOTES. - 1. Marco's Route. 2. The Bridge Pul-i-sangin, or Lu-ku-k'iao.
XXXVI. - ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF JUJU
NOTES. - 1. The Silks called _Sendals_. 2. Chochau. 3. Bifurcation of Two
Great Roads at this point.
XXXVII. - THE KINGDOM OF TAIANFU
NOTES. - 1. Acbaluc. 2. T'ai-yuan fu. 3. Grape-wine of that place.
4. P'ing-yang fu.
XXXVIII. - CONCERNING THE CASTLE OF CAICHU. THE GOLDEN KING AND PRESTER JOHN
NOTES. - 1. The Story and Portrait of the _Roi d'Or_. 2. Effeminacy
reviving in every Chinese Dynasty.
XXXIX. - HOW PRESTER JOHN TREATED THE GOLDEN KING HIS PRISONER
XL. - CONCERNING THE GREAT RIVER CARAMORAN AND THE CITY OF CACHANFU
NOTES. - 1. The Kara Muren. 2. Former growth of silk in Shan-si and
Shen-si. 3. The _akche_ or _asper_.
XLI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF KENJANFU
NOTES. - 1. Morus alba. 2. Geography of the Route since Chapter XXXVIII.
3. Kenjanfu or Si-ngan fu; the Christian monument there. 4. Prince
Mangala.
XLII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUNCUN, WHICH IS RIGHT WEARISOME TO
TRAVEL THROUGH
NOTE. - The Mountain Road to Southern Shen-si.
XLIII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ACBALEC MANZI
NOTES. - 1. Geography, and doubts about Acbalec. 2. Further Journey into
Sze-ch'wan.
XLIV. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF SINDAFU
NOTES. - 1. Ch'eng-tu fu. 2. The Great River or _Kiang_. 3. The word
_Comereque_. 4. The Bridge-Tolls. 5. Correction of Text.
XLV. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TEBET
NOTES. - 1. The Part of Tibet and events referred to. 2. Noise of burning
bamboos. 3. Road retains its desolate character. 4. Persistence of
eccentric manners illustrated. 5. Name of the Musk animal.
XLVI. - FURTHER DISCOURSE CONCERNING TEBET
NOTES. - 1. Explanatory. 2. "_Or de Paliolle_." 3. Cinnamon. 4. 5. Great
Dogs, and _Beyamini_ oxen.
XLVII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CAINDU
NOTES. - 1. Explanation from Ramusio. 2. Pearls of Inland Waters. 3. Lax
manners. 4. Exchange of Salt for Gold. 5. Salt currency. 6. Spiced Wine.
7. Plant like the Clove, spoken of by Polo. Tribes of this Tract.
XLVIII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CARAJAN
NOTES. - 1. Geography of the Route between Sindafu or Ch'eng-tu fu, and
Carajan or Yun-nan. 2. Christians and Mahomedans in Yun-nan. 3. Wheat.
4. Cowries. 5. Brine-spring. 6. Parallel.
XLIX. - CONCERNING A FURTHER PART OF THE PROVINCE OF CARAJAN
NOTES. - 1. City of Talifu. 2. Gold. 3. Crocodiles. 4. Yun-nan horses
and riders. Arms of the Aboriginal Tribes. 5. Strange superstition and
parallels.
L. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ZARDANDAN
NOTES. - 1. Carajan and Zardandan. 2. The Gold-Teeth. 3. Male Indolence.
4. The Couvade. (See App. L. 8.) 5. Abundance of Gold. Relation of Gold
to Silver. 6. Worship of the Ancestor. 7. Unhealthiness of the climate.
8. Tallies. 9.-12. Medicine-men or Devil-dancers; extraordinary identity
of practice in various regions.
LI. - WHEREIN IS RELATED HOW THE KING OF MIEN AND BANGALA VOWED VENGEANCE
AGAINST THE GREAT KAAN
NOTES. - 1. Chronology. 2. Mien or Burma. Why the King may have been
called King of Bengal also. 3. Numbers alleged to have been carried on
elephants.
LII. - OF THE BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT BY THE GREAT KAAN'S HOST AND HIS
SENESCHAL AGAINST THE KING OF MIEN
NOTES. - 1. Nasruddin. 2. Cyrus's Camels. 3. Chinese Account of the
Action. General Correspondence of the Chinese and Burmese Chronologies.
LIII. - OF THE GREAT DESCENT THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF MIEN
NOTES. - 1. Market-days. 2. Geographical difficulties.
LIV. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF MIEN, AND THE TWO TOWERS THAT ARE THEREIN, ONE
OF GOLD, AND THE OTHER OF SILVER
NOTES. - 1. Amien. 2. Chinese Account of the Invasion of Burma. Comparison
with Burmese Annals. The City intended. The Pagodas. 3. Wild Oxen.
LV. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF BANGALA
NOTES. - 1. Polo's view of Bengal; and details of his account illustrated.
2. Great Cattle.
LVI. - DISCOURSES OF THE PROVINCE OF CAUGIGU
NOTE. - A Part of Laos. Papesifu. Chinese Geographical Etymologies.
LVII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ANIN
NOTES. - 1. The Name. Probable identification of territory. 2. Textual.
LVIII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF COLOMAN
NOTES. - 1. The Name. The Kolo-man. 2. Natural defences of Kwei-chau.
LIX. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUIJU
NOTES. - 1. Kwei-chau. Phungan-lu. 2. Grass-cloth. 3. Tigers. 4. Great
Dogs. 5. Silk. 6. Geographical Review of the Route since Chapter LV.
7. Return to Juju.
BOOK SECOND.
(Continued.)
PART III.
Journey Southward through Eastern Provinces of Cathay and Manzi.
LX. - CONCERNING THE CITIES OF CACANFU AND CHANGLU
NOTES. - 1. Pauthier's Identifications. 2. Changlu. The Burning of the
Dead ascribed to the Chinese.
LXI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF CHINANGLI, AND THAT OF TADINFU, AND THE
REBELLION OF LITAN
NOTES. - 1. T'si-nan fu. 2. Silk of Shan-tung. 3. Title _Sangon_. 4. Agul
and Mangkutai. 5. History of Litan's Revolt.
LXII. - CONCERNING THE NOBLE CITY OF SINJUMATU
NOTE. - The City intended. The Great Canal.
LXIII. - CONCERNING THE CITIES OF LINJU AND PIJU
NOTES. - 1. Linju. 2. Piju.
LXIV. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF SIJU, AND THE GREAT RIVER CARAMORAN
NOTES. - 1. Siju. 2. The Hwang-Ho and its changes. 3. Entrance to Manzi;
that name for Southern China.
LXV. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN CONQUERED THE PROVINCE OF MANZI
NOTES. - 1. Meaning and application of the title _Faghfur_. 2. Chinese
self-devotion. 3. Bayan the Great Captain.
