The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2

Name: The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
Author: Polo, Marco

Polo, Marco

Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Mongols -- History; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Voyages and travels

NOTES.—1. _King-szé now Hang-chau._ 2. _The circuit ascribed
            to the City; the Bridges._ 3. _Hereditary Trades._ 4.
            _The Si-hu or Western Lake._ 5. _Dressiness of the
            People._ 6. _Charitable Establishments._ 7. _Paved
            roads._ 8. _Hot and Cold Baths._ 9. _Kanp’u, and the
            Hang-chau Estuary._ 10. _The Nine Provinces of Manzi._
            11. _The Kaan’s Garrisons in Manzi._ 12. _Mourning
            costume._ 13. 14. _Tickets recording inmates of houses._

LXXVII.—[FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF KINSAY.]   200

                         (From Ramusio only.)

      NOTES.—1. _Remarks on these supplementary details._ 2. _Tides
            in the Hang-chau Estuary._ 3. _Want of a good Survey of
            Hang-chau. The Squares._ 4. _Marco ignores pork._ 5.
            _Great Pears: Peaches._ 6. _Textual._ 7. _Chinese use
            of Pepper._ 8. _Chinese claims to a character for Good
            Faith._ 9. _Pleasure-parties on the Lake._ 10. _Chinese
            Carriages._ 11. _The Sung Emperor._ 12. _The Sung
            Palace. Extracts regarding this Great City from other
            mediæval writers, European and Asiatic. Martini’s
            Description._

LXXVIII.—TREATING OF THE YEARLY REVENUE THAT THE GREAT KAAN HATH
      FROM KINSAY                                                    215

      NOTES.—1. _Textual._ 2. _Calculations as to the values spoken
            of._

 LXXIX.—OF THE CITY OF TANPIJU AND OTHERS                            218

      NOTES.—1. _Route from Hang-chau southward._ 2. _Bamboos._ 3.
            _Identification of places. Chang-shan the key to the
            route._

  LXXX.—CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF FUJU                               224

      NOTES.—1. “_Fruit like Saffron._” 2. 3. _Cannibalism ascribed
            to Mountain Tribes on this route._ 4. _Kien-ning fu._
            5. _Galingale._ 6. _Fleecy Fowls._ 7. _Details of the
            Journey in Fo-kien and various readings._ 8. _Unken.
            Introduction of Sugar-refining into China._

 LXXXI.—CONCERNING THE GREATNESS OF THE CITY OF FUJU                 231

      NOTES.—1. _The name |Chonka|, applied to Fo-kien here.
            |Cayton| or |Zayton|._ 2. _Objections that have been
            made to identity of |Fuju| and Fu-chau._ 3. _The Min
            River._

LXXXII.—OF THE CITY AND GREAT HAVEN OF ZAYTON                        234

      NOTES.—1. _The Camphor Laurel._ 2. _The Port of Zayton or
            T’swan-chau; Recent objections to this identity.
            Probable origin of the word_ Satin. 3. _Chinese
            Consumption of Pepper._ 4. _Artists in Tattooing._ 5.
            _Position of the Porcelain manufacture spoken of.
            Notions regarding the |Great River| of China._ 6.
            _Fo-kien dialects and variety of spoken language in
            China._ 7. _From Ramusio._


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