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Citation Information
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POLO, MARCO INDEX
POPULATION
647
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of Cathay, i. 437n-
Polo, Nicolo and Maffeo, sons of Andrea, their first journey, 15' seqq. ; cross Black Sea to Soldaia, i. 2 ; visit Volga country, etc., 4 ; go to Bokhara, 9 ; join envoys to Khan's Court, Io ; Kúblái's reception of, i i ; sent back as envoys to Pope, 13 ; receive a Golden Tablet, 15 ; reach Ayas, 16 ; Acre, 17 ; Venice, IS ; find young Marco there, ib.
Nicolo, Maffeo and Marco, proceed to Acre, i. 19 ; set out for East, recalled from Ayas, 20 ; set out again with Pope's letters, etc., 22 ; reach Kúblái's Court, 25 ; are welcomed, 26 ; see on their journey outward, 19 ; their alleged service in capture of Siang-yang, 22, ii. 158, 159 ; Khan refuses them permission to return home, i. 32 ; allowed to go with ambassadors, 33 receive Golden Tablets, 34 ; on return see also 23, 241; story of their arrival at Venice, 4r ; scheme to assert their identity, 5
Nicolo, his alleged second marriage and sons, 7, 15 ; probable truth as to time of, z7 ; his illegitimate sons, 25 ; approximate time of his death, 64 ; his tomb, 7, 74
Nicolo the Younger, cousin of
traveller, z5, 25, 65, i. 4n
Stefano and Giovannino, illegitimate brothers of Traveller, 25, 30, 65
(?), or Trevisano (?), Fiordelisa, perhaps second wife of Nicolo Polo the Elder, and mother of Maffeo the Younger, z7, 25, 27
or Trevisano, Maria, last survivor of the family, 8, 78, 79 ; doubts as to her kindred, 79, ii. 51on
Family, its duration and end, according to Ramusio, 7-8 ; origin, 13 ; last notices of, 76 seqq. (For relation-
ship of different Polos, see table, ii.
506n).
Family, branch of S. Geremia, z¢,
66, ii. 507/1-509/1
Po-lut (Pa-lut), incense, ii. 304n Polygamy, i. 220, 252, 276, H. 371 ; supposed effect on population, i. 437nz-
438n, ii. 268, 339
Pomuilo (Pamir), i. 174n
Poltplaolyx, i. 126n
Ponent, or West, term applied by Polo to
Kipchak, the Mongol Khanate of the
Volga, see Kipchak
Pong (Medieval Shan State), ii. 79n,
I 13
Poods, Russian, i. 162n
Popinjays, i. 107 Population, vast,
438/1
Polo Marco (continued)-
on geography, obstacles to its effect, 129 ; character of medieval cosmography, 130 ; Roger Bacon as geographer, 131 ; Arab maps, 132; Marino Sanudo's map, 133 ; Medicean, 131; Carta Catalana largely based on Polo's, 131; increased appreciation of Polo's book, 135 ; confusions of nomenclature, 136 ; introduction of block-printing into Europe and Polo, z38-z¢z ; dictates his narrative, i. 2 ; found at Venice, i8 ; his age, ion, 22, 26 ; noticed and employed by Kúblái, 27 ; grows in favour, many missions, 30, 31 ; returns from one to India, 32 ; escapes from the Karaunas, 99, 1 o6n ; hears of breed of Bucephalus, 158 ; recovers from illness in hill climate, 159 ; hears from Zulficar about Salamander, 213; at Kan-chau, 220; brings home hair of yak, 274 ; and head and feet of musk deer, 275 ; witnesses events connected with Ahmad's death, 420, 422n ; noticed in Chinese annals, 422n ; whether he had to do with Persian scheme of paper currency in 1294, 428n; sent by Khan into Western provinces, ii. 3 ; governor of Yangchau, 154 ; probable extent of his authority, 157n : aids in constructing engines for siege of Siang-yang, 159 seqq. ; difficulties as to this statement, 167n seqq. ; on number of vessels on Great Kiang, i 70 ; ignorant of Chinese, 183 ; on greatness of Kinsay, 185 ; his notes, 193n ; sent to inspect amount
of revenue from Kinsay, 216 ; his great experience, 236 ; never in islands of
Sea of Chin, 265 ; in kingdom of
Chamba, 268, 271n ; historical anecdotes, 27on ; detained five months in
Sumatra, stockade party against wild people, 292 ; brings Brazil seed to Venice, 299 ; partakes of tree-flour (sago), 300 ; takes some to Venice, 305n ; in six kingdoms of Sumatra,
300 ; witnesses arrest for debt in Maabar, 343 ; his erroneous view of Arabian coast, zio, ii. 452n ; Indian
geography, 403/1 ; his unequalled travels, 501 ; Venetian documents about him, 51on-521 n
-- Marco, called Marcolino, son of Nicolo the Younger, 63, 77, 78, ii. 51on -- Marco, last male survivor, 8, 78, 79,
ii. 5 ion
- Marco, others of this name, 66, 79,
So, ii. 5o8n, 5o9n
Maroca, sister of Nicolo the
Younger, 15, 25, i. 4n
or Delfino, Moreta, youngest
daughter, 69, 71, 76, ii. 5o6n, 513/1
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