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A trader and explorer, Marco Polo crossed Armenia and Cilicia on more than one occassion on his way to or from China, and wrote about it in Book One of The Travels of Marco Polo. Relevant chapters are presented here.
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 1 - HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 2 - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 3 - DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 4 - OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 5 - OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 6 - OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 10 - HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 11 - OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 12 - OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT BARSAMO ON THE BORDERS OF TAURIS
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 14 - HOW THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 18 - OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 19 - OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 23 - CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 34 - OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 46 - OF THE CITY OF CARACORON
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 48 - HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 54 - CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 59 - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF PRESTER JOHN
- The Travels of Marco Polo 1: Chapter 61 - OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN'S PALACE THERE
- The Travels of Marco Polo 2: Chapter 7 - HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS.
- The Travels of Marco Polo 2: Chapter 9 - CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN'S SONS.
Illustrations
Introductory Notices contains:
- Autograph of HETHUM or HAYTON I. King of (Cicilian) Armenia; copied from _Codice Diplomatico del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolemitano_, I. 135. The signature is attached to a French document without date, granting the King's Daughter "Damoiselle Femie" (Euphemia) in marriage to Sire Julian, son of the Lady of Sayete (Sidon). The words run: _Thagávor Haiwetz_ ("Rex Armenorum"), followed by the King's cypher or monogram; but the initial letter is absent, probably worn off the original document.
Prologue contains:
- Castle of AYAS. After _Langlois, Voyage en Cilicie._
Book First contains:
- Coin of King HETUM I. and Queen ISABEL of Cilician Armenia. From an original in the British Museum. Engraved by ADENEY.
- Castle of BAIBURT. After _Texier, L'Arménie_, Pl. 3.
- Mediaeval GEORGIAN FORTRESS. From a drawing by Padre CRISTOFORO DI CASTELLI of the Theatine Mission, made in 1634, and now in the Communal Library at Palermo. The name of the place has been eaten away, and I have not yet been able to ascertain it.
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