 | Marco Polo - 1871 - 592 pàgines
...the city Zaitiinlah; they are superior to the stuffs of Khansa and Khanbdlik. The harbour of Zaitdn is one of the greatest in the world — I am wrong ; it is the greatest ! I have seen there about an hundred first-class junks together ; as for small ones, they were past counting. The harbour is... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 884 pàgines
...are superior to the stuffs of K.hansa' and Khdnbdlik. The harbour of Zaitdn is one of the greatesl in the world — I am wrong ; it is the greatest ! I have seen there about an hundred first-class junks together.; as for small ones, they were past counting. The harbour is... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1903 - 768 pàgines
...the city Zailunluh ; they are superior to the stufis of Khansa and Khanbalik. The harlwur of Zaiu'm is one of the greatest in the world — I am wrong ; it is the greatest ! I have seen there about an hundred first-class junks together ; as for small ones, they were past counting. The harbour is... | |
 | John Forsyth Meigs - 1924 - 432 pàgines
...264: same vp 269, "The port of Zayton (now Chinchew the terminus of western trade in mediaeval days) is one of the greatest in the world. I am wrong it is the greatest of all ports. I have seen there about 100 large junks, as to small ones they are innumerable." great... | |
 | Angela Schottenhammer - 2002 - 452 pàgines
...Zaitun is one of the greatest in the world - I am wrong: it is the greatest! I have seen there about a hundred first-class junks together; as for small ones they were past counting [...] The day after my arrival at Zaitun I saw there the noblemen who had been in India as ambassadors with the... | |
 | Jacob D'Ancona - 2003 - 580 pàgines
...'great city, superb indeed', and its harbour, where he saw 'about one hundred huge junks together', as 'one of the greatest in the world - I am wrong, it is the greatest!' Friar Odoric of Friuli estimated the city to be 'twice as big as Bologna', and thought its position... | |
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The harbour of Zaitun is one of the greatest in the world — I am wrong ; it is the greatest ! I have seen there about an hundred first-class junks together ; as for small ones, they were past counting. 