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The Travels of Marco Polo

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Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

DEDICATION.
NOTE BY MISS YULE.
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
ORIGINAL PREFACE.
TO HENRY YULE.
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

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