OF

SER MARCO POLO,

THE VENETIAN,

Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels
of the East.

NEWLY TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES,
MAPS, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY COLONEL HENRY YULE, C.B.,

LATE OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (BENGAL),

Hon. Fellow of the Geographical Society of Italy,
Corresponding Member of the Geographical Society of Paris,
Honorary Member of the Geographical Society of Berlin, and
of the N.-China Branch of the R. Asiatic Society, &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED.

WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW MATTER AND MANY NEW
ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1875.

The right of Translation is reserved.

FOR ALWAYS ROAMING WITH A HUNGRY HEART
MUCH HAVE I SEEN AND KNOWN; CITIES OF MEN,
AND MANNERS, CLIMATES, COUNCILS, GOVERNMENTS,
MYSELF NOT LEAST, BUT HONOURED OF THEM ALL.”
TENNYSON.

"A SEDER CI PONEMMO IVI AMBODUI

VOLTI A LEVANTE OND' ERAVAM SALITI;
CHÈ SUOLE A RIGUARDAR GIOVARE ALTRUI."
DANTE, Purgatory, IV.