The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Volum 1John Murray, 1875 - 606 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxiv
... Galleys ; a separate Oar to every Man . 26. Change of System in 16th Century . 27 . Some details of 13th - Century Galleys . 28. Fighting Arrange- ments . 29. Crew of a Galley and Staff of a Fleet . 30. Music and miscellaneous ...
... Galleys ; a separate Oar to every Man . 26. Change of System in 16th Century . 27 . Some details of 13th - Century Galleys . 28. Fighting Arrange- ments . 29. Crew of a Galley and Staff of a Fleet . 30. Music and miscellaneous ...
Pàgina xxxviii
... GALLEY - FIGHT ( perhaps imaginary ) between the Venetians and the fleet of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , and ... galleys . 35. Extract from a picture by Domenico TINTORETTO in the Ducal Palace at Venice , representing the same ...
... GALLEY - FIGHT ( perhaps imaginary ) between the Venetians and the fleet of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , and ... galleys . 35. Extract from a picture by Domenico TINTORETTO in the Ducal Palace at Venice , representing the same ...
Pàgina 5
... galleys to the Island of Curzola , upon which orders were issued At first sight this fantastic tradition seems to have little verisimilitude ; but when we regard it in the light of genuine Mongol custom , such as is quoted from ...
... galleys to the Island of Curzola , upon which orders were issued At first sight this fantastic tradition seems to have little verisimilitude ; but when we regard it in the light of genuine Mongol custom , such as is quoted from ...
Pàgina 6
... galleys with all the expedition possible , and Messer Marco Polo for his valour was put in charge of one of these . So he with the others , under the command of the Most Illustrious Messer ANDREA DANDOLO , Procurator of St. Mark's , as ...
... galleys with all the expedition possible , and Messer Marco Polo for his valour was put in charge of one of these . So he with the others , under the command of the Most Illustrious Messer ANDREA DANDOLO , Procurator of St. Mark's , as ...
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... - tunately recent search by several parties has failed to trace it . CORTE SABBIONERA engraving which purports to represent the House of THE CORTE DEL MILLIONI . 25 25 Arrangement of the Rowers in Medieval Galleys; a separate.
... - tunately recent search by several parties has failed to trace it . CORTE SABBIONERA engraving which purports to represent the House of THE CORTE DEL MILLIONI . 25 25 Arrangement of the Rowers in Medieval Galleys; a separate.
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Pàgina 294 - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, io Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Pàgina i - Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Pàgina 192 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Pàgina 144 - Mahommet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a beautiful garden running with conduits of wine and milk and honey and water, and full of lovely women for the delectation of all its inmates. And sure enough the Saracens of those parts believed that it was Paradise ! Now no man was allowed to enter the Garden save those whom he intended to be his ASHISHIN.
Pàgina 236 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Pàgina 388 - Sea, which is within two days' journey of his capital city Cambaluc, and as he goes there is many a fine sight to be seen, and plenty of the very best entertainment in hawking; in fact, there is no sport in the world to equal it! The Emperor himself is carried upon four elephants in a fine chamber made of timber, lined inside with plates of beaten gold, and outside with lions' skins, for he always travels in this way on his fowling expeditions because he is troubled with gout. He always keeps beside...
Pàgina 213 - And you must know that in the same mountain there is a vein of the substance from which Salamander is made. For the real truth is that the Salamander is no beast, as they allege in our part of the world, but is a substance found in the earth ; and I will tell you about it.
Pàgina 19 - Kublai is said to have asked for, the new Pope, Gregory X., could supply but two Dominicans; and these lost heart and drew back when they had barely taken the first step of the journey. Judging from certain indications we conceive it probable that the three Venetians, whose second start from Acre took place about November 1271, proceeded by Ayas and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul, and Baghdad, to Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some obstacle arose...
Pàgina 212 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Pàgina 396 - ... for the lodgment of merchants from different parts of the world, and a special hostelry is assigned to each description of people, as if we should say there is one for the Lombards, another for the Germans, and a third for the Frenchmen...