OF

SER MARCO POLO,

THE VENETIAN,

Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels
of the East.

NEWLY TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES.

BY COLONEL HENRY YULE, C. B.,

LATE OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (BENGAL),

HON. FELLOW OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF ITALY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I.

WITH MAPS, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1871.

The right of Translation is reserved.

"Ανδρα μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα πολύτροπον ὃς μάλα πολλὰ Πλάγχθη

Πολλῶν δ ̓ ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω.

"A SEDER CI PONEMMO IVI AMBODUI

VOLTI A LEVANTE OND' ERAVAM SALITI;

CHÈ SUOLE A RIGUARDAR GIOVARE ALTRUI."

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET,

AND CHARING CROSS.

In compliance with current copyright law,

U. C. Library Bindery produced this replacement volume on paper that meets the ANSI Standard Z39.48-1984 to replace the irreparably deteriorated original

1997