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Alexandria in Pizzigani's Map, 14th century . . . . . . . . . . . 44
North Britain and the Island of Thule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 From
MERCATOR'S edition of Ptolemy's Map.
A Portion of an old Roman Map of the World, showing the roads
through the Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 From the Peutinger
Table.
The World-Island according to Strabo, 18 A.D. . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hull of a Roman Merchant-Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 From a
Roman model at Greenwich.
A Roman Galley, about 110 A.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 From
Trajan's Column at Rome.
The First Stages of a Mediaeval Pilgrimage, London to Dover . . . 78
From MATTHEW OF PARIS'S Itinerary, 13th century.
Jerusalem and the East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 From MATTHEW
OF PARIS'S Itinerary, 13th century.
Ireland and St. Brandon's Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 From the Catalan

Map, 1375.
The Mysterious Isle of St. Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 From
MARTIN BEHAIM'S Map, 1492.
The World-Map of Cosmas, 6th century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 The oldest
Christian Map.
The Mountain of Cosmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
A Viking Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 From Professor
MONTELIUS'S book on Scandinavian archaeology.
A Khalif on his Throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 From the Ancona
Map, 1497.
A Chinese Emperor giving Audience, 9th century . . . . . . . . . 100 From
an old Chinese MS. at Paris.
The Scene of Sindbad's Voyages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 From
EDRISI'S Map, 1154.
Sindbad's Giant Roc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 From an Oriental
Miniature Painting.
Jerusalem and the Pilgrims' Ways to it, 12th century . . . . . . 109 From a
Map of the 12th century at Brussels.
Two Emperors of Tartary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 From the
Catalan Map, 1375.
A Tartar Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 From the Borgian
Map, 1453.
Initial Letter from the MS. of Rubruquis at Cambridge . . . . . . 113
How the Brothers Polo set out from Constantinople with their nephew
Marco for China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 From a Miniature
Painting in 14th century Livre des Merveilles.

Marco Polo lands at Ormuz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 From a
Miniature in the Livre des Merveilles.
Kublai Khan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 From an old
Chinese Encyclopaedia at Paris.
Marco Polo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 From a Woodcut in
the first printed edition of MARCO POLO'S Travels, 1477.
A Japanese Fight against the Chinese at the time when Marco Polo first
saw the Japanese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 From an ancient Japanese
Painting.
Sir John Mandeville on his Travels . . . . . . . . . . .