ASIA

A SHORT HISTORY

VINNQUITVO

UNIV. OF

MESSER MARCO POLO, WITH MESSER NICOLO AND MESSER MAFFEO, RETURNED FROM TWENTY-SIX YEARS' SOJOURN IN THE ORIENT, IS DENIED ENTRANCE TO THE CA' POLO

ASIA

A SHORT HISTORY

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES

TO THE PRESENT DAY UNIV. §.

CALIFORNIA

BY

HERBERT H. GOWEN, D.D., F. R. As. Soc.
Author of "An Outline History of China”

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1930