Kwan in the Nan-k’au Pass, N.W. of Peking. From a photograph
in the possession of the present Editor.
[Illustration: Doorway of the House of Marco Polo in the Corte
Sabbionera, at Venice.]
MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK.
INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.
I. OBSCURITIES IN THE HISTORY OF HIS LIFE AND BOOK.
RAMUSIO’S STATEMENTS.
[Sidenote: Obscurities of Polo’s Book, and personal History.]