Itineraries of MARCO POLO, No. VI. The Journey
through KIANG-NAN, CHE-KIANG, and FO-XIEN.
1. Map to illustrate Marco Polo’s Chapters
on the MALAY COUNTRIES. 2. Map to illustrate
his Chapters on SOUTHERN INDIA.
1. Sketch showing the Position of KAYAL in Tinnevelly.
2. Map showing the Position of the Kingdom of
ELY in MALABAR.
ADEN, with the attempted Escalade under Alboquerque
in 1513, being the Reduced Facsimile of a large contemporary
Wood Engraving in the Map Department of the British
Museum. (Size of the original 42-1/2 inches by 19-1/8
inches.) Photolithographic Reduction by Mr. G.B.
PRAETORIUS, through the assistance of R. H. Major,
Esq.
Facsimile of the Letters sent to PHILIP the FAIR,
King of France, by ARGHUN KHAN, in A.D. 1289, and
by OLJAITU, in A.D. 1305, preserved in the Archives
of France, and reproduced from the Recueil des Documents
de l’Epoque Mongole by kind permission of
H.H. Prince ROLAND BONAPARTE.
Some of the objects found by Dr. M.A. Stein,
in Central Asia. From a photograph kindly lent
by the Traveller.
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 Kublai 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 SEMALLE.
BRIDGE of LU-KU-K’IAO. From a photograph
by Count de SEMALLE.
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.
The CROSS incised at the head of the GREAT CHRISTIAN
INSCRIPTION of SI-NGAN FU (A.D. 781); actual size,
from copy of a pencil rubbing made on the original
by the Rev. J. Lees. Received from Mr. A. Wylie.
Diagram to elucidate the cities of Ch’eng-tu
fu.
Plan of Ch’eng-tu. From MARCEL MONNIER’S
Tour d’Asie, by kind permission of M.
PLON.
Bridge near Kwan-hsien (Ch’eng-tu). From
MARCEL MONNIER’S Tour d’Asie, by
kind permission of M. PLON.
MOUNTAINEERS on the Borders of SZE-CH’WAN and
TIBET, from one of the illustrations to Lieut.
Garnier’s Narrative (see p. 48). From Tour
du Monde.
VILLAGE of EASTERN TIBET on Sze-ch’wan Frontier.
From Mr. Cooper’s Travels of a Pioneer of
Commerce.
