The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1
DEDICATION.
NOTE BY MISS YULE.
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
ORIGINAL PREFACE.
TO HENRY YULE. [Illustration]
MEMOIR OF SIR HENRY YULE.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE'S WRITINGS.
COMPILED BY H. CORDIER AND A. F. YULE[1]
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK.
- INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.
- CHAPTER I. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS POLO SET FORTH FROM
CONSTANTINOPLE TO TRAVERSE THE WORLD.
- CHAPTER II. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS WENT ON BEYOND
SOLDAIA.
- CHAPTER III. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS, AFTER CROSSING A
DESERT, CAME TO THE CITY OF BOCARA, AND FELL IN WITH CERTAIN ENVOYS
THERE.
- CHAPTER IV. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS TOOK THE ENVOYS'
COUNSEL, AND WENT TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN.
- CHAPTER V. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS ARRIVED AT THE
COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN.
- CHAPTER VI. HOW THE GREAT KAAN ASKED ALL ABOUT THE
MANNERS OF THE CHRISTIANS, AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE POPE OF ROME.
- CHAPTER VII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN SENT THE TWO
BROTHERS AS HIS ENVOYS TO THE POPE.
- CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN GAVE THEM A TABLET
OF GOLD, BEARING HIS ORDERS IN THEIR BEHALF.
- CHAPTER IX. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY
OF ACRE.
- CHAPTER X. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS AGAIN DEPARTED
FROM VENICE, ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE GREAT KAAN, AND TOOK WITH THEM
MARK, THE SON OF MESSER NICOLAS.
- CHAPTER XI. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS SET OUT FROM
ACRE, AND MARK ALONG WITH THEM.
- CHAPTER XII. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS PRESENTED
THEMSELVES BEFORE THE NEW POPE.
- CHAPTER XIII. HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO
POLO, ACCOMPANIED BY MARK, TRAVELLED TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN.
- CHAPTER XIV. HOW MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO
POLO AND MARCO PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE THE GREAT KAAN.
- CHAPTER XV. HOW THE EMPEROR SENT MARK ON AN
EMBASSY OF HIS.
- CHAPTER XVI. HOW MARK RETURNED FROM THE MISSION
WHEREON HE HAD BEEN SENT.
- CHAPTER XVII. HOW MESSER NICOLO, MESSER MAFFEO,
AND MESSER MARCO, ASKED LEAVE OF THE GREAT KAAN TO GO THEIR WAY.
- CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS AND MESSER
MARCO TOOK LEAVE OF THE GREAT KAAN, AND RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
BOOK FIRST. ACCOUNT OF REGIONS VISITED OR HEARD OF ON
THE JOURNEY FROM THE LESSER ARMENIA TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN AT
CHANDU.
BOOK SECOND. (1.) ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT KAAN CUBLAY;
OF HIS PALACES AND CAPITAL; HIS COURT, GOVERNMENT, AND SPORTS.
PART I.—THE KAAN, HIS COURT AND CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER I. OF CUBLAY KAAN, THE GREAT KAAN NOW
REIGNING, AND OF HIS GREAT PUISSANCE.
- CHAPTER II. CONCERNING THE REVOLT OF NAYAN, WHO WAS
UNCLE TO THE GREAT KAAN CUBLAY.
- CHAPTER III. HOW THE GREAT KAAN MARCHED AGAINST
NAYAN.
- CHAPTER IV. OF THE BATTLE THAT THE GREAT KAAN
FOUGHT WITH NAYAN.
- CHAPTER V. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSED NAYAN TO BE
PUT TO DEATH.
- CHAPTER VI. HOW THE GREAT KAAN WENT BACK TO THE
CITY OF CAMBALUC.
- CHAPTER VII. HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF
HIS CAPTAINS.
- CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE GREAT
KAAN.
- CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN'S SONS.
- CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE PALACE OF THE GREAT
KAAN.
- CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.
- CHAPTER XII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN MAINTAINS A GUARD
OF TWELVE THOUSAND HORSE, WHICH ARE CALLED KESHICAN.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE FASHION OF THE GREAT KAAN'S
TABLE AT HIS HIGH FEASTS.
- CHAPTER XIV. CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY
THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
- CHAPTER XV. OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN
HOLDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
- CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS
WHO RECEIVE ROBES OF CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT
FESTIVALS, THIRTEEN CHANGES A-PIECE.
- CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS
PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME.
- CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND
WOLVES THAT THE KAAN KEEPS FOR THE CHASE.
- CHAPTER XIX. CONCERNING THE TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE
CHARGE OF THE KAAN'S HOUNDS.
- CHAPTER XX. HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING
EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER XXI. REHEARSAL OF THE WAY THE YEAR OF THE
GREAT KAAN IS DISTRIBUTED.
- CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC, AND
ITS GREAT TRAFFIC AND POPULATION.
- CHAPTER XXIII. [CONCERNING THE OPPRESSIONS OF
ACHMATH THE BAILO, AND THE PLOT THAT WAS FORMED AGAINST HIM.[NOTE 1]
- CHAPTER XXIV. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSETH THE BARK
OF TREES, MADE INTO SOMETHING LIKE PAPER, TO PASS FOR MONEY OVER ALL
HIS COUNTRY.
- CHAPTER XXV. CONCERNING THE TWELVE BARONS WHO ARE
SET OVER ALL THE AFFAIRS OF THE GREAT KAAN.
- CHAPTER XXVI. HOW THE KAAN'S POSTS AND RUNNERS ARE
SPED THROUGH MANY LANDS AND PROVINCES.
- CHAPTER XXVII. HOW THE EMPEROR BESTOWS HELP ON HIS
PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE AFFLICTED WITH DEARTH OR MURRAIN.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES TREES TO
BE PLANTED BY THE HIGHWAYS.
- CHAPTER XXIX. CONCERNING THE RICE-WINE DRUNK BY
THE PEOPLE OF CATHAY.
- CHAPTER XXX. CONCERNING THE BLACK STONES THAT ARE
DUG IN CATHAY, AND ARE BURNT FOR FUEL.
- CHAPTER XXXI. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES STORES OF
CORN TO BE MADE, TO HELP HIS PEOPLE WITHAL IN TIME OF DEARTH.
- CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE CHARITY OF THE EMPEROR TO
THE POOR.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. [CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE
CITY OF CAMBALUC.]
- CHAPTER XXXIV. [CONCERNING THE RELIGION OF THE
CATHAYANS;[NOTE 1] THEIR VIEWS AS TO THE SOUL; AND THEIR CUSTOMS.
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