CHAPTER XIV.

CONCERNING THE DISTANCES OF COUNTRIES.

§ 1. Distance to Constantinople. 2. Thence to Tartary. 3. Extent of the Persian (Tartar) Empire. 4. Of Lesser India. 5. Of Greater India. 6. The Vessels of the Indies. 7. Extent of Cathay. 8. Population of Æthiopia (?). 9. Other two Tartar Empires. 10. The Vessels of Cathay. 11. Græcia (?). 12. Superior advantages of Christendom, but the Eastern Converts better Christians. 13. What is needed to convert India. 14. The Author’s own experiences, and sufferings from the Saracens. Martyrdom of nine brethren. 15. The French King might subdue the world.