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Often appears with: voyages and seafaring · soldaia/sudak · constantinople · conquest, plunder, and captives · baldwin ii
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In 1260, the brothers Polo leave Constantinople for Soldaia across the sea for trade, planning a crossing of the Greater Sea with jewels, whose date is discussed in notes.
HOW THE TWO BROTHERS WENT ON BEYOND SOLDAIA. Having stayed a while at Soldaia, they considered the matter, and thought it well to extend their journey further. So they set forth from Soldaia and travelled till they came to the Court of a certain Tartar Prince, BARCA KAAN by name, whose residences were at SARA{1} and at BOLGARA [and who was esteemed one of the most liberal and courteous Princes that ever was among th…