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Reprint of the official Topography of the City during the period _Hien-Shun_ (1265-1274) of the Sung Dynasty, i.e. the period terminated by the Mongol conquest of the City and Empire. Mr. Moule, who possesses the Chinese plan (with others of the same set), has come to the conclusion that it is a copy at second-hand. Names that are underlined are such as are preserved in the modern Map of Hang-chau. I am indebted for the use of the original plan to Mr. Moule; for the photographic copy and rendering of the names to Mr. Wylie. Sketch Map of the GREAT PORTS of FO-KIEN, to illustrate the identity of Marco Polo's ZAYTON. Besides the Admiralty Charts and other well-known sources the Editor has used in forming this a "Missionary Map of Amoy and the Neighbouring Country," on a large scale, sent him by the Rev. Carstairs Douglas, LL.D., of Amoy. This contains some points not to be found in the others. Itineraries of MARCO POLO, No. VI. The Journey through KIANG-NAN, CHE-KIANG, and FO-XIEN. 1. Map to illustrate Marco Polo's Chapters on the MALAY COUNTRIES. 2. Map to illustrate his Chapters on SOUTHERN INDIA. 1. Sketch showing the Position of KAYAL in Tinnevelly. 2. Map showing the Position of the Kingdom of ELY in MALABAR. ADEN, with the attempted Escalade under Alboquerque in 1513, being the Reduced Facsimile of a large contemporary Wood Engraving in the Map Department of the British Museum. (Size of the original 42-1/2 inches by 19-1/8 inches.) Photolithographic Reduction by Mr. G.B. PRAETORIUS, through the assistance of R. H. Major, Esq. Facsimile of the Letters sent to PHILIP the FAIR, King of France, by ARGHUN KHAN, in A.D. 1289, and by OLJAITU, in A.D. 1305, preserved in the Archives of France, and reproduced from the _Recueil des Documents de l'Epoque Mongole_ by kind permission of H.H. Prince ROLAND BONAPARTE. Some of the objects found by Dr. M.A. Stein, in Central Asia. From a photograph kindly lent by the Traveller. WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT. BOOK SECOND.--PART SECOND. The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN, the _Lu-ku-k'iao_ of the Chinese, reduced from a large Chinese Engraving in the Geographical work called _Ki-fu-thung-chi_ in the Paris Library. I owe the indication of this, and of the Portrait of Kublai Kaan in vol. i. to notes in M. Pauthier's edition. The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN. From the _Livre des Merveilles_. BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLE. BRIDGE of LU
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