The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2

e high seas, 1500 miles distant from the Con

ld they have is endless; for they find it in their own Islands, [and the King does not allow it to be exported. Moreover] few merchants vi

are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value. Moreover, all the pavement of the Palace, and the floors of its chambers, are entirely of go

Japanese Emperor. (Afte

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he white ones. [In this Island some of the dead are buried, and others are burnt. When a body is burnt, they put one

of horse and foot. These Barons were able and valiant men, one of them called ABACAN and the other VONSAINCHIN, and they weighed with all their company from the ports of Zayton and Kinsay, and put out to sea. They sailed unti

It blew so hard that the Great Kaan's fleet could not stand against it. And when the chiefs saw that, they came to the conclusion that if the ships remained where they were the whole navy would perish. So they all got on board and made sail to leave the country. But when they ha

ck to help them. And this was because of the bitter hatred between the two Barons in command of the force; for the Baron who escaped never showed the slightest desire to return to his colleague who was left upon the Island in the way you have heard; though he might

e who escaped on the fleet, and also

h the term Nippon, Niphon or Nihon, used in Japan, is a dialectic variation, both meaning "the origin of the sun," or sun-rising, the

es. Yamato and O-mi-kuni, that is, 'the Great August Country,' are the names still preferred in poetry and belles-lettres. Japan has other ancient names, some of which are of learned length and thundering sound, for instance, Toyo-as

m of Al-Náfún, in the Ikhwán-al-Safá, supposed to date

tography of Japan. (Geog. Jour. May, 1894, pp. 403-409.) Mr. F.G. Kramp (Japan or Java?), in the Tijdschrift v. het K. Nederl. Aardrij

ld in Japan till the recent opening of the trade. (See Bk. II. ch. 1. note 5.) Edrisi had hea

king (of Japan) is remarkable for its singular construction. It is a vast edifice, of extraordinary height; it has nine stories, and presents on

t Japanese Archer. (F

of pearls being found

and in the Gulf of Omur

t seem now to be abund

us stones are ment

h pearls were perhaps also most highly esteemed in old India; for red pearls (Lohitamukti) form one of the seven precious objects which it was incumbent t