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.
  choiach;
  Cail, or Kayal city;
  Kolkhoi;
  King Ashar of Cail;
  Kollam;
  Pinati;
  etymology of Sapong;
  Cape Comorin. 
Calendar, Ecclesiastical Buddhist,
  the Tartar;
  of Brahmans;
  of Documents relating to Marco Polo and his family. 
Calicut,
  King of, and his costume. 
Calif, see Khalif. 
Caligine, Calizene (Khalij, a canal from Nile). 
Camadi (City of Dakianus) ruined. 
Cambaluc (Khanbaligh, or Peking), capital of Cathay,
  Kublai’s return thither after defeating Nayan;
  the palace;
  the city;
  its size, walls, gates, and streets, the Bell Tower, etc.;
  period of khan’s stay there;
  its suburbs and hostelries;
  cemeteries, women, patrols;
  its traffic;
  the Emperor’s Mint;
  palace of the Twelve Barons;
  roads radiating from;
  astrologers of. 
Cambay (Cambaet, Cambeth, Kunbayat), kingdom of. 
Cambuscan, of Chaucer, corruption of Chinghiz. 
Camel-bird, see Ostrich. 
Camels, mange treated with oil,
  camlets from wool of;
  white;
  incensing;
  alleged to be eaten in Madagascar;
  really eaten in Magadoxo;
  ridden in war. 
Camexu, Kamichu, see Campichu. 
Camlets (cammellotti). 
Camoens. 
Camphor (Laurus Camphora) trees in Fo-kien.
——­ of Sumatra,
  Fansuri;
  earliest mention of: 
  superstitions regarding;
  description of the tree, Dryabalanops Camphora;
  value attached by Chinese to;
  recent prices of;
  its use with betel.
——­ oil. 
Campichu (Kanchau), city of. 
Camul (Kamul), province.
Camut, fine shagreen leather. 
Canal, Grand, of China.
  construction of. 
Canale, Cristoforo, MS. by.
——­ Martino da, French Chronicle of Venice by. 
Cananor, kingdom. 
Cananore. 
Canara. 
Cancamum.
Canela brava
Canes, Polo’s name for bamboos. 
Cannibalism,
  ascribed to Tibetans, Kashmiris, etc;
  to Hill-people in Fo-kien;
  to islanders in Seas of China and India;
  in Sumatra;
  regulations of the Battas;
  ascribed to Andaman islanders. 
Cannibals, i.e.  Caribs. 
Canonical Hours. 
Cansay, see Kinsay. 
Canton. 
Cape Comorin, see Comari; Temple at.
——­ Corrientes (of Currents).
——­ Delgado.
——­ of Good Hope.
Capidoglio (Capdoille), sperm-whale. 
Cappadocian horses. 
Capus, G.
Caracoron (Kara Korum). 
Carajan (Caraian, Karajang, or Yun-nan), province. 
Caramoran River (Hwang-Ho). 
Carans, or Scarans. 
Caraonas (Karaunahs), a robber tribe. 
Carats.
Carbine, etymology of. 
Cardinal’s Wit. 
Caribs, i.e. cannibals. 
Carpets,
  of Turcomania (Turkey);
  Persian;
  Kerman. 
Carriages,
  at Kinsay;
  Chinese. 
Carrion, shot from engines.
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