Note 28 — THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Henry Yule translation
Mr. (afterwards Sir) George Clerk, Political Officer with the expedition. Was twice Governor of Bombay and once Governor of the Cape: “A diplomatist of the true English stamp—undaunted in difficulties and resolute to maintain the honour of his country.” (Sir H. B. Edwardes, Life of Henry Lawrence, i. 267). He died in 1889.