...18.) 67. Surely Marco's real, indisputable, and, in their kind, unique claims to glory may suffice ! He was the first Traveller to trace a route across...longitude of ASIA, naming and describing kingdom after king- c\Sm™tl dom which he had seen with his own eyes ; the Deserts s °ry' of PERSIA, the flowering...

...forbear, in closing this inadequate sketch, from quoting it at length. " He was the first traveler to ¡ kingdom which he had seen with his own eyes ; the...Persia, the flowering plateaux and wild gorges of Badakhshiin, the jade-bearing rivers of Khotan, the Mongolian steppes — cradle of the power that...

...seems to have led to this mistake ; see Sign. G. VaMi, in Boll, del/a Soc. Gcog. Ital. IX. p. 119. dom which he had seen with his own eyes ; the Deserts...wild gorges of BADAKHSHAN, the jade-bearing rivers of KliOTAN, the MONGOLIAN Steppes, cradle of the power that had so lately threatened to swallow tip Christendom,...

...mediaeval travellers. Let us take Colonel Yule's summary of his extraordinary achievements : — " He was the first Traveller to trace a route across...Persia, the flowering plateaux and wild gorges of Badakshan, the jadebearing rivers of Khotan ; the Mongolian steppes, B ~• J, cradle of the power...

...Marco's real, indisputable, and in their kind unique, claims to glory may suffice. He was the fust traveller to trace a route across the whole longitude of Asia, naming and describing kingdom alter kingdom which he had «cen with his own eyes, the deserts of Persia, the flowering plateaux and...

...earth's surface than geobgurapwc^ any book that had ever been written Lowiedge. Before. Its author was "the first traveller to trace a route across the whole longitude of Asia;" the first to describe China in its vastness, with its immense cities, its manufactures and wealth,...

...Referring again to Polo's descriptions of the far-off territories which he had visited, we are told, " He was the first traveller to trace a route across...kingdom which he had seen with his own eyes ; the flowering plateaux and wild gorges of Badakh-Shan, the jade-bearing rivers of Khotan, the Mongolian...

...Pamir steppes, other portions of Mongolia, Tibet, and some of the south-western provinces of China. He was the first traveller to trace a route across the whole length of Asia, says one of his biographers, " describing kingdom after kingdom that he had seen with...

...world's history. His name will never be forgotten. MARCO POLO'S DISCOVERIES " He was the first Traveler to trace a route across the whole longitude of Asia,...after kingdom which he had seen with his own eyes — Persia, Badakhshan, Khotan, the steppes of Mongolia; the first to reveal China in all its wealth...

...of the earth's surgeogScd face than anY book that had ever been knowledge written before. Its author was " the first traveller to trace a route across the whole longitude of Asia ; " the first to describe China in its vastness, with its immense cities, its manufactures and wealth,...