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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Note 33 — EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I. (continued 2)

Henry Yule translation

Yet, if the family were so wealthy as tradition represents, it is strange that Marco’s brother Maffeo, after receiving a share of his father’s property, should have possessed barely 10,000 lire, probably equivalent to 5000 ducats at most. (See p. 65, supra.)

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