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.
Dirawal, ancient capital of the Bhattis. 
Dirhem-Kub, Shah Mahomed, founder of Hormuz dynasty. 
Dish of Sakya or of Adam. 
Diu City. 
Diul-Sind, Lower Sind. 
Divination by twigs or arrows. 
Dixan, branding with cross at. 
Dizabulus, pavilion of. 
Dizful River. 
Djao (Chao) Namian Sume (Kaipingfu). 
Djaya, turquoises. 
Doctors at Kinsay. 
Dofar, see Dhafar. 
Dogana,
  conjectures as to. 
Doghabah River. 
Dog-headed races. 
Dogs, the Khan’s mastiffs,
  of Tibet;
  fierce in Cuiju. 
Dog-sledging in Far North,
  notes on dogs. 
Dolfino, Ranuzzo, husband of Polo’s daughter, Moreta. 
Dolonnur. 
Dominicans, sent with Polos but turn back.
D’ or plain, the expression. 
Dorah Pass. 
Doria, family at Meloria.
——­ Lampa,
  Admiral of Genoese Fleet sent to Adriatic;
  his victory;
  his tomb and descendants;
  at Meloria with six sons.
——­ Octaviano, death of.
——­ Tedisio, exploring voyage of. 
Dorje. 
D’Orleans, Prince Henri. 
Douglas, Rev. Dr. C.
Doyley, Sir Fulke. 
Dragoian (Ta-hua-Mien).
Draps entaillez
Drawers, enormous, of Badakhshan women. 
Dreams, notable. 
Drums, sound of in certain sandy districts.
Dryabalanops Camphora
Dua Khan. 
Du Bose, Rev. H.C. 
Ducat, or sequin. 
Dudley, Arcano del Mare
Duel, mode in S. India of. 
Dufour, on mediaeval artillery. 
Duhalde, Plan of Ki-chau,
  or T’si-ning chau. 
Dukuz Khatun. 
Dulcarnon (Zulkarnain). 
Dulites. 
Dumas, Alexander. 
Dumb trade. 
Duncan, Rev. Moir.
Dungen (Tungani), or converts. 
Duplicates in geography.
Dupu
Duerer’s Map of Venice, so-called. 
Durga Temple. 
Dursamand.
Dushab, sweet liquor or syrup. 
Dust-storms. 
Duties, on Great Kiang,
  on goods at Kinsay and Zayton;
  on horses;
  at Hormuz.
  (See also Customs.). 
Dutthagamini, king of Ceylon. 
Dwara Samudra. 
Dzegun-tala, name applied to Mongolia. 
Dzungaria.

Eagle mark on shoulder of Georgian kings. 
Eagles, trained to kill large game.
——­ white, in the Diamond Country. 
Eagle-wood, origin of the name. (See Lign-aloes.). 
Earth honoured. 
East, its state, circa, 1260. 
Ebony (bonus). 
Edkins, Rev.
Edward I.
Edward II., correspondence with Tartar princes. 
Effeminacy, in Chinese palaces. 
Eggs of Ruc and Aepyornis. 
Egrigaia, province. 
Ela (cardamom). 
Elchidai. 
Elenovka. 
Elephantiasis. 
Elephants, Kublai carried on a timber bartizan by four,
  Kublai’s;
  the king of Mien’s;
  numbers of men alleged to be carried by;
  how the Tartars routed;
  wild
  in Caugigu;
  Champa;
  Locac;
  Sumatra;
  Madagascar and Zanghibar;
  trade in teeth of;
  carried off by the Ruc;

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