Monthly Archives: February 2008

‘The site visited by Mr. Paderin is shown, by the particulars stated in that paper, to be sufficiently identified with Karkorum. It is precisely that which Rmusat indicated, and which bears in the Jesuit maps, as published by D”Anville, the … Continue reading →

[of thirty], Lord over many lands and many provinces; and he was Uncle to the Emperor Cublay Kaan of whom we are speaking There was a great Tartar Chief, whose name was NAYAN,[NOTE 4] a young man [of thirty], Lord … Continue reading →

domesticated _breed_, though possibly, as with buffaloes in Bengal, the breed may occasionally be refreshed by a cross of wild blood The tame Yaks are never, I imagine, ‘caught young,’ as Marco says; it is a domesticated _breed_, though possibly, … Continue reading →

(‘steel and ondanique’), the many towns and villages in a position where we should little look for such an indication, all point to the identity of this region with the Chingintalas of our text The name (_Kienkien_), the general direction, … Continue reading →

(_D”Avezac_, p. 524; _Pegolotti_, in _Cathay_, 295, 306; _I. B._ II. 309, 388, 422; III. 81; _Della Decima_, IV. 125-126; _Fr.-Michel, Recherches_, etc., II. 10-16, 204-206; _Joseph. Bell. Jud._ VII. 5, 5, and V. 5, 4; _Pliny_, VIII. 74 (or … Continue reading →

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TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO POLO, ACCOMPANIED BY MARK, TRAVELLED TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN. channel vision cvt3ub gerrard colorado mental health index cultural tourism in guygna blue crystal wine … Continue reading →

all events) to whom the name of Prester John was applied, it still remains obscure how that name arose Admitting this Karacathayan prince to be the first conqueror (in Asia, at all events) to whom the name of Prester John … Continue reading →

shoes for the Kirghiz horses, Mr [With reference to Wood”s remark that the horns of the _Ovis Poli_ supply shoes for the Kirghiz horses, Mr. Rockhill writes to me that a Paris newspaper of 24th November, 1894, observes: ‘Horn shoes … Continue reading →

+ Mr. Wylie justly observes that the evidence is all in accord, and it leaves, I think, no reasonable room for doubt that the instruments now in the Observatory garden at Peking are those which were cast aside by Father … Continue reading →