The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.

  NOTES.—­1.  Kaunchi Khan. 2.  Siberia. 3.  Dog-sledges. 4.  The animal here
  styled Erculin.  The Vair. 5.  Yugria.

XXI.—­CONCERNING THE LAND OF DARKNESS

  NOTES.—­1.  The Land of Darkness. 2.  The Legend of the Mares and their
  Foals. 3.  Dumb Trade with the People of the Darkness.

XXII.—­DESCRIPTION OF ROSIA AND ITS PEOPLE.  PROVINCE OF LAC

  NOTES.—­1.  Old Accounts of Russia.  Russian Silver and Rubles. 2.  Lac, or
  Wallachia. 3.  Oroech, Norway (?) or the Waraeg Country (?)

XXIII.—­HE BEGINS TO SPEAK OF THE STRAITS OF CONSTANTINOPLE, BUT DECIDES TO LEAVE THAT MATTER

XXIV.—­CONCERNING THE TARTARS OF THE PONENT AND THEIR LORDS

  NOTES.—­1.  The Comanians; the Alans; Majar; Zic; the Goths of the Crimea;
  Gazaria. 2.  The Khans of Kipchak or the Golden Horde; errors in Polo’s
  list.  Extent of their Empire.

XXV.—­OF THE WAR THAT AROSE BETWEEN ALAU AND BARCA, AND THE BATTLES THAT THEY FOUGHT (Extracts and Substance.)

  NOTES.—­1.  Verbal. 2.  The Sea of Sarai. 3.  The War here spoken of. 
  Wassaf’s rigmarole.

XXVI.—­[1]HOW BARCA AND HIS ARMY ADVANCED TO MEET ALAU

XXVII.—­[1]HOW ALAU ADDRESSED HIS FOLLOWERS

XXVIII.—­[1]OF THE GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN ALAU AND BARCA

XXIX.—­HOW TOTAMANGU WAS LORD OF THE TARTARS OF THE PONENT; AND AFTER HIM TOCTAI

  NOTE.—­Confusions in the Text.  Historical circumstances connected with
  the Persons spoken of.  Toctai and Noghai Khan.  Symbolic Messages.

XXX.—­[1]OF THE SECOND MESSAGE THAT TOCTAI SENT TO NOGAI

XXXI.—­[1]HOW TOCTAI MARCHED AGAINST NOGAI

XXXII.—­[1]HOW TOCTAI AND NOGAI ADDRESS THEIR PEOPLE, AND THE NEXT DAY JOIN BATTLE

XXXIII.—­[1]THE VALIANT FEATS AND VICTORY OF KING NOGAI

XXXIV.  AND LAST. CONCLUSION

[1] Of chapters so marked nothing is given but the substance in brief.

APPENDICES.

A. Genealogy of the House of Chinghiz to the End of the Thirteenth Century

B. The Polo Families:—­
  (I.) Genealogy of the Family of Marco Polo the Traveller
  (II.) The Polos of San Geremia

C. Calendar of Documents relating to Marco Polo and his Family

D. Comparative Specimens of the Different Recensions of Polo’s Text

E. Preface to Pipino’s Latin Version

F. Note of MSS. of Marco Polo’s Book, so far as known: 
  General Distribution of MSS. 
  List of Miniatures in two of the finer MSS. 
  List of MSS. of Marco Polo’s Book, so far as they are known

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