The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa;Marco Polo
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Some of the objects found by Dr. M.A. Stein, in Central Asia. From a
photograph kindly lent by the Traveller. WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT. BOOK SECOND.--PART SECOND. The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN, the _Lu-ku-k'iao_ of the Chinese, reduced from a large Chinese Engraving in the Geographical work called _Ki-fu-thung-chi_ in the Paris Library. I owe the indication of this, and of the Portrait of Kúblái Kaan in vol. i. to notes in M. Pauthier's edition. The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN. From the _Livre des Merveilles_. BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLÉ. BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLÉ. The ROI D'OR. Professed Portrait of the Last of the _Altun Khans_ or Kin Emperors of Cathay, from the (fragmentary) Arabic Manuscript of _Rashiduddin's History_ in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society. This Manuscript is supposed to have been transcribed under the eye of Rashiduddin, and the drawings were probably derived from Chinese originals. Plan of Ki-chau, after Duhalde. |
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