EXI'KDITIOX Af.AIXST 'IHE ISLAND OF CllirAM.L OR SVPAX<.L (J AIWX) 



THK SOI.niKRS OF THK (.REAT KHAX LXABl.E TO I.AXI) IX JA\A 



These (It'll piitiirfs from an old MS. in the Bibliotheque 

 Sationale, Paris (Maniiscrit Franfais, No. 2810, fol. 72 and 73 

 :"') represent incidents in the travels of Marco Polo, and show 

 tile curions idea of some of the early artists of what a ship 

 oi their o:i'H time looked like. 



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