Notes upon Russia: Being a Translation of the earliest Account of that Country, entitled Rerum Muscoviticarum commentarii, by the Baron Sigismund von Herberstein


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Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The first edition of the Commentarii appeared in Vienna in 1549, but it is not clear which edition was used for this translation. Continued in First Series 12. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1851.




Notes Upon Russia


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Notes upon Russia: being a translation of the earliest account of that country, entitled Rerum moscoviticarum commentarii. Translated and edited, with notes and introuction, by R. H. Major.




Notes Upon Russia


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Notes Upon Russia


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The Travels of Marco Polo (Vol. 1&2)


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The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo's travels through Asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. The Travels is divided into four books. Book One describes the lands of the Middle East and Central Asia that Marco encountered on his way to China. Book Two describes China and the court of Kublai Khan. Book Three describes some of the coastal regions of the East: Japan, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, and the east coast of Africa. Book Four describes some of the then-recent wars among the Mongols and some of the regions of the far north, like Russia. Polo's writings included descriptions of cannibals and spice-growers.