Chapter 16

16 - Prologue, part 2: Chapters 3 to 9. How the two brothers, after crossing a desert, came to the city of Bocara, and fell in with certain envoys there. How the two brothers took the envoys' counsel, and went to the court of the great Kaan. How the two brothers arrived at the court of the great Kaan. How the great Kaan asked all about the manners of the Christians, and particularly about the Pope of Rome. How the great Kaan sent the two brothers as his envoys to the Pope. How the great Kaan gave them a tablet of gold, bearing his orders in their behalf. How the two brothers came to the city of Acre; and thence to Venice.

Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1