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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Marco Polo · Public domain text

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Authors
Marco Polo (1254–1324), da Pisa Rusticiano
Language
English
Subjects
Voyages and travels, Asia › Description and travel › Early works to 1800, Mongols › History, Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Length
368,107 words · about 25 h 47 min
Sections
121 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (121)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Dedication about 2 h 20 min
  3. Prologue about 9 min
  4. Part I about 9 min
  5. Prologue about 4 h 38 min
  6. Book I under 1 min
  7. Prologue about 2 min
  8. Chapter I about 3 min
  9. II. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS WENT ON BEYOND SOLDAIA about 13 min
  10. Chapter III about 2 min
  11. Chapter IV under 1 min
  12. Chapter V under 1 min
  13. Chapter VI about 2 min
  14. Chapter VII about 4 min
  15. Chapter VIII about 3 min
  16. IX. HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY OF ACRE about 2 min
  17. Chapter X about 2 min
  18. Chapter XI about 2 min
  19. Chapter XII about 7 min
  20. Chapter XIII about 2 min
  21. Chapter XIV about 2 min
  22. XV. HOW THE EMPEROR SENT MARK ON AN EMBASSY OF HIS about 7 min
  23. Chapter XVI about 1 min
  24. Chapter XVII about 3 min
  25. Chapter XVIII about 8 min
  26. Chapter I about 4 min
  27. II. CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA about 5 min
  28. III. DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA about 9 min
  29. IV. OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF about 20 min
  30. V. OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL about 6 min
  31. Chapter VI about 13 min
  32. Chapter VII about 2 min
  33. Chapter VIII about 2 min
  34. Chapter IX under 1 min
  35. Chapter X about 5 min
  36. XI. OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS about 3 min
  37. Chapter XII about 1 min
  38. Chapter XIII about 2 min
  39. Chapter XIV about 8 min
  40. Chapter XV about 12 min
  41. XVI. CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF YASDI about 5 min
  42. XVII. CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KERMAN about 15 min
  43. Chapter XVIII about 24 min
  44. XIX. OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS about 38 min
  45. Chapter XX about 5 min
  46. Chapter XXI about 7 min
  47. XXII. OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY about 28 min
  48. XXIII. CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN about 6 min
  49. XXIV. HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS about 7 min
  50. XXV. HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END about 8 min
  51. XXVI. CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN about 4 min
  52. XXVII. OF THE CITY OF BALC about 4 min
  53. Chapter XXVIII about 9 min
  54. XXIX. OF THE PROVINCE OF BADASHAN about 14 min
  55. XXX. OF THE PROVINCE OF PASHAI about 6 min
  56. XXXI. OF THE PROVINCE OF KESHIMUR about 9 min
  57. XXXII. OF THE GREAT RIVER OF BADASHAN about 23 min
  58. XXXIII. OF THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR about 4 min
  59. XXXIV. OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN about 5 min
  60. XXXV. OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN about 2 min
  61. XXXVI. OF A PROVINCE CALLED COTAN about 6 min
  62. XXXVII. OF THE PROVINCE OF PEIN about 8 min
  63. XXXVIII. OF THE PROVINCE OF CHARCHAN about 5 min
  64. XXXIX. OF THE CITY OF LOP AND THE GREAT DESERT about 20 min
  65. XL. CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT about 15 min
  66. XLI. OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL about 6 min
  67. XLII. OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS about 11 min
  68. XLIII. OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR about 4 min
  69. XLIV. OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU about 8 min
  70. XLV. OF THE CITY OF ETZINA about 4 min
  71. XLVI. OF THE CITY OF CARACORON about 33 min
  72. Chapter XLVII about 3 min
  73. Chapter XLVIII about 1 min
  74. XLIX. HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS about 6 min
  75. L. THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN about 2 min
  76. Chapter LI about 16 min
  77. LII. CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS about 8 min
  78. LIII. CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS about 8 min
  79. LIV. CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR about 13 min
  80. LV. CONCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TARTARS about 6 min
  81. LVI. SUNDRY PARTICULARS OF THE PLAIN BEYOND CARACORON about 11 min
  82. LVII. OF THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL, AND PROVINCE OF SINJU about 15 min
  83. LVIII. OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA about 7 min
  84. Chapter LIX about 31 min
  85. LX. CONCERNING THE KAAN’S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR about 6 min
  86. LXI. OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN’S PALACE THERE about 1 h 9 min
  87. Chapter I about 2 min
  88. Chapter II about 5 min
  89. III. HOW THE GREAT KAAN MARCHED AGAINST NAYAN about 3 min
  90. IV. OF THE BATTLE THAT THE GREAT KAAN FOUGHT WITH NAYAN about 11 min
  91. Chapter V about 12 min
  92. Chapter VI about 5 min
  93. VII. HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS about 15 min
  94. VIII. CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE GREAT KAAN about 6 min
  95. IX. CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN’S SONS about 6 min
  96. X. CONCERNING THE PALACE OF THE GREAT KAAN about 17 min
  97. XI. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC about 10 min
  98. Chapter XII about 5 min
  99. Chapter XIII about 12 min
  100. Chapter XIV about 6 min
  101. Chapter XV about 7 min
  102. Chapter XVI about 5 min
  103. Chapter XVII about 2 min
  104. Chapter XVIII about 6 min
  105. Chapter XIX about 3 min
  106. XX. HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION about 17 min
  107. Chapter XXI about 2 min
  108. Chapter XXII about 4 min
  109. Chapter XXIII about 13 min
  110. Chapter XXIV about 19 min
  111. Chapter XXV about 6 min
  112. Chapter XXVI about 9 min
  113. Chapter XXVII about 2 min
  114. Chapter XXVIII about 1 min
  115. XXIX. CONCERNING THE RICE-WINE DRUNK BY THE PEOPLE OF CATHAY about 2 min
  116. Chapter XXX about 4 min
  117. Chapter XXXI about 2 min
  118. XXXII. OF THE CHARITY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE POOR about 3 min
  119. Chapter XXXIII about 28 min
  120. Chapter XXXIV about 12 min
  121. Book I about 2 h 25 min