Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER X.--The Travels of Marco Polo--The First Mention of

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Japan in History--Kublai Khan--Marco Polo's Voyage from Amoy to Ormuz--Malacca--Sumatra--Pygmies--Singular Stories of Diamonds--The Roc--Polo not recognised upon his Return--His Imprisonment--The Publication of his Narrative--The Interest awakened in China, Japan, and the Islands of Spices 108