Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Mongols -- History; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Voyages and travels
_30._ Entrance to the Corte del Milione, Venice. From photographs
taken for the present editor, by Signor NAYA.
_42._ Figures from St. Sabba’s, sent to Venice. From a photograph of
Signor NAYA.
_50._ Church of SAN MATTEO, at Genoa.
_62._ _Palazzo di S. Giorgio_, at Genoa.
_68._ _Miracle of S. Lorenzo_. From the Painting by V. CARPACCIO.
_70._ FACSIMILE of the WILL of MARCO POLO, preserved in St. Mark’s
Library. Lithographed from a photograph specially taken by
Bertani at Venice.
_74._ Pavement in front of S. Lorenzo.
_76._ Mosaic Portrait of Marco Polo, at Genoa.
_78._ The Pseudo Marco Polo at Canton.
_80._ Porcelain Incense-Burner, from the Louvre.
_82._ Temple of 500 Genii, at Canton, after a drawing by FÉLIX
RÉGAMEY.
_108._ Probable view of MARCO POLO’S OWN GEOGRAPHY: a Map of the
World, formed as far as possible from the Traveller’s own
data. Drawn by the Editor.
_134._ Part of the _Catalan Map_ of 1375.
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1. Marco Polo’s Itineraries, No. I. WESTERN ASIA. This includes
also “Sketch showing the chief Monarchies of Asia, in the
latter part of the 13th century.”
4. Map illustrating the geographical position of the CITY of SARAI.
4. Plan of part of the remains of the same city. Reduced from a
Russian plan published by _M. Grigorieff_.
29 Reduced FACSIMILE of the BUDDHIST INSCRIPTION of the Mongol
& 30. Era, on the Archway at KIU-YONG KWAN in the Pass of Nan-k’au,
north-west of Peking, showing the characters in use under the
Mongol Dynasty. Photogravure from the _Recueil des documents
de l’Époque Mongole_, by H.H. Prince ROLAND BONAPARTE. _See
an Article by_ Mr. Wylie _in the J. R. A. S. for 1870, p. 14._
41. Plan of AYAS, the Laias of Polo. _From an Admiralty Chart_.
41. Plan of position of DILÁWAR, the supposed site of the Dilavar
of Polo. _Ext. from a Survey by Lt.-Col. D. G. Robinson, R.E._
114. Marco Polo’s Itineraries, No. II. Routes between KERMAN and
HORMUZ.
178. Marco Polo’s Itineraries, No. III. Regions on and near the
UPPER OXUS.
305. Heading, in the old Chinese seal-character, of an INSCRIPTION
on a Memorial raised by Kúblái Kaan to a Buddhist
Ecclesiastic, in the vicinity of his summer-palace at SHANGTU
in Mongolia. Reduced from a facsimile obtained on the spot by
_Dr. S. W. Bushell_, 1872, and by him lent to the Editor.
319. The CHO-KHANG. The grand Temple of Buddha at _Lhasa_, from _The
Journey to Lhasa_, by SARAT CHANDRA DAS, by kind permission
of the Royal Geographical Society.
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