The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
by da Pisa Rusticiano Marco Polo
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- THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
- Prefatory Material
- DEDICATION.
- CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
- NOTE BY MISS YULE.
- PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
- ORIGINAL PREFACE.
- TO HENRY YULE.
- MEMOIR OF SIR HENRY YULE.
- SIR GEORGE UDNY YULE, C.B., K.C.S.I.[80]
- A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE’S WRITINGS
- Biographies of Sir Henry Yule.
- SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
- EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I.
- INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.
- I. Obscurities in the History of his Life and Book. Ramusio’s Statements.
- II. Sketch of the State of the East at the time of the Journeys of the Polo Family.
- III. The Polo Family. Personal History of the Travellers down to their final Return from the East.
- IV. Digression concerning the Mansion of the Polo Family at Venice.
- V. Digression concerning the War-Galleys of the Mediterranean States in the Middle Ages.
- VI. The Jealousies and Naval Wars of Venice and Genoa. Lamba Doria’s Expedition to the Adriatic; Battle of Curzola; and Imprisonment of Marco Polo by the Genoese.
- VII. Rusticiano or Rustichello of Pisa, Marco Polo’s Fellow-Prisoner at Genoa, the Scribe who wrote down the Travels.
- VIII. Notices of Marco Polo’s History, after the Termination of his Imprisonment at Genoa.
- IX. Marco Polo’s Book; and the Language in which it was first written.
- X. Various Types of Text of Marco Polo’s Book.
- XI. Some Estimate of the Character of Polo and His Book.
- XII. Contemporary Recognition of Polo and his Book.
- XIII. Nature of Polo’s Influence on Geographical Knowledge.
- XIV. Explanations regarding the Basis adopted for the present Translation.
- THE BOOK OF MARCO POLO.
- PROLOGUE.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- BOOK FIRST.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- CHAPTER XL.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- CHAPTER XLII.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- CHAPTER L.
- CHAPTER LI.
- CHAPTER LII.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- CHAPTER LIV.
- CHAPTER LV.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- CHAPTER LIX.
- CHAPTER LX.
- CHAPTER LXI.
- BOOK SECOND PART I.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
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