_29._ Three extracts from MAPS of VENICE, showing the site of the CA’ POLO at three different periods, (1) From the great woodcut Map or View of Venice, dated 1500, and commonly called Albert Dürer’s. (2) From a Plan by Cav. Ludovico Ughi, 1729. (3) From the Modern Official Plan of the City. _34._ Diagram of arrangement of oars in galleys. _35._ Extract from a fresco by SPINELLO ARETINI, in the Municipal Palace at SIENA, representing a GALLEY-FIGHT (perhaps imaginary) between the Venetians and the fleet of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and illustrating the arrangements of mediæval galleys. Drawn from a very dim and imperfect photograph, after personal study of the original, by the Editor. _37._ Extract from a picture by DOMENICO TINTORETTO in the Ducal Palace at Venice, representing the same GALLEY-FIGHT. After an engraving in the _Theatrum Venetum_. _49._ MARCO POLO’S GALLEY going into action at CURZOLA. Drawn by Signor Q. CENNI, from a design by the Editor. _50._ Map to illustrate the SEA-FIGHT at CURZOLA, where Marco Polo was taken prisoner. _57._ SEAL of the PISAN PRISONERS in Genoa, after the battle of Meloria (1284). From _Manni, Osservazioni Storiche sopra Sigilli Antichi_, tom. xii. Engraved by T. ADENEY. _75._ The Convent and CHURCH of S. LORENZO, the burial-place of Marco Polo, as it existed in the 15th century. From the Map of 1500 (see above). Engraved by the same. _78._ Arms of the TREVISAN family, according to Priuli. _120._ TAILED STAR near the Antarctic, as Marco Polo drew it for Pietro d’Abano. From the _Conciliator_ of Pietro d’Abano. PROLOGUE. _Page_ 3. Remains of the Castle of SOLDAIA or Sudák. After _Dubois de Montpereux, Voyage autour du Caucase_, Atlas, 3d s. Pl. 64. 7. Ruins of BOLGHAR. After _Demidoff, Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale_, Pl. 75. 15. The GREAT KAAN delivering a GOLDEN TABLET to the two elder Polos. From a miniature in the _Livre des Merveilles du Monde_ (Fr. 2810) in the Library at Paris, fol. 3 verso. 16. Castle of AYAS. After _Langlois, Voyage en Cilicie._ 18. Plan of ACRE as it was when lost (A.D. 1291). Reduced and translated from the contemporary plan in the _Secreta Fidelium Crucis_ of Marino Sanudo the Elder, engraved in _Bongars, Gesta Dei per Francos_, vol. ii. 21. Portrait of Pope GREGORY X. After _J. B. de Cavaleriis Pontificum Romanorum Effigies_, etc. Romæ, 1580. 37. Ancient CHINESE WAR VESSEL. From the Chinese Encyclopædia called _San-Thsai-Thou-Hoei_, in the Paris Library. BOOK FIRST.