The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.
  distribution of MSS.;
  miniatures in;
  list of MSS.;
  Tabular view of the filiation of chief MSS.;
  Bibliography;
  titles of works cited;
  Spanish edition. 
Bore in Hang-chau Estuary.
Borgal, see Bolghar
Bormans, Stanislas. 
Born, Bertram de. 
Borneo, camphor, see Camphor.
——­ tailed men of. 
Boro Bodor, Buddhist Monument, Java. 
Borrak, Amir, Prince of Kerman (Kutlugh Sultan?).
——­ Khan of Chaghatai, see Barac. 
Borus, the. 
Bostam.
Boswellia thurifera,
  serrata;
  Carterii;
  Bhauda-jiana;
  papyrifera;
  Frereana;
  glabra

Bouqueran, see Buckram. 
Bourne, F.S.A. 
Boxwood forests in Georgia.
Bozzi
Bra, the word. 
Bracelets, in Anin. 
Bragadino, Marco, husband of Marco Polo’s daughter, Fantina.
——­ Pietro. 
Brahmanical thread. 
Brahmans (Abraiaman),
  fish-charmers to the pearl fishery;
  their character and virtues;
  their king;
  their omens;
  longevity;
  Chughi;
  Palladian legend of. 
Brahma’s temple, Hang-chau. 
Brahuis. 
Brakhimof, early capital of Bulgaria. 
Brambanan, ruins at. 
Bran (Tibetan tsamba), parched barley. 
Brazil wood, in Locac,
  in Sumatra;
  manner of growth;
  in Ceylon;
  in Coilum (Coilumin);
  different kinds;
  vicissitudes of the word;
  its use prohibited by Painters’ Guild. 
Bread, bitter. 
Brephung monastery.
Bretesche
Bretschneider, Dr. Emil (Medical Researches), ruins of Bolghar,
  the Uighur character;
  Caucasian Wall;
  use of muslin in Samarkand;
  on nakh and nachetti;
  Hulaku’s expedition to West Asia;
  an extract from the Yuean Si;
  Badakhshan;
  Kashgar;
  Shachau;
  Kamul;
  Chingintalas;
  the Stipa inebrians;
  the Utiken Uigurs;
  Erdenidso Monastery;
  Belasagun;
  death of Chinghiz;
  tung lo or kumiz;
  Kublai’s death;
  Peking;
  verniques;
  clepsydra;
  the Bularguchi;
  Achmath’s biography;
  paper-money;
  post stations;
  Chinese intoxicating drinks;
  regulations for time of dearth;
  Lu-Ku-K’iao Bridge;
  introduction of plants from Asia into China;
  morus alba;
  Tibet;
  bamboo explosions;
  the Si-fans;
  Cara-jang and Chagan-jang;
  Nasr-uddin;
  the Alans;
  rhubarb in Tangut;
  Polo’s “large pears”;
  on galangal;
  on sugar;
  on Zayton;
  on wood-oil;
  on ostrich;
  on Si-la-ni;
  on frankincense;
  on Magyars;
  on Mongol invasion of Poland and Silesia. 
Brichu (Brius, the Upper Kiang). 
Bridges of Pulisanghin,
  Sindafu (Ch’engtu);
  Suchau;
  Kinsay;
  Kien-ning fu;
  Fuchau;
  Zayton, or Chinchau. 
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