The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

About this eBook

Author

Rusticiano, da Pisa

Credits

Charles Franks, Robert Connal, John Williams and PG Distributed Proofreaders, updated and HTML created by Robert Tonsing

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10636

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10636

Release Date

January 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO — — DEDICATION.
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOL. I. — NOTE BY MISS YULE.
3. 3.PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
4. 4.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
5. 5.ORIGINAL PREFACE.
6. 6.TO HENRY YULE .
7. 7.MEMOIR OF SIR HENRY YULE. — SIR GEORGE UDNY YULE, C.B., K.C.S.I. [80]
8. 8.A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE’S WRITINGS — Biographies of Sir Henry Yule.
9. 9.SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
10. 10.EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I.
11. 11.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.
12. 12.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 .
13. 13.BOOK SECOND.
14. 14.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 .
15. 15.INDEX

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