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= Marco Polo in Caugigu (i.e., Giao Chi, Dai Viet, Annam) =





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"SPICERY & BEASTS  &  TATTOOING  IN  CAUGIGU - MARCO  POLO nothing  else  which  does  to  mention,  and  therefore  we  will  leave  it  you  and  will tell  you  of  a  province  which  is  toward  sunrising  and  is  called  Caugigu.[1]

HERE HE  TELLS  OF  THE  PROVINCE  OF  CAUGIGU. Caugigu is  a  province toward sunrising  near  to  the  aforesaid. It has  a  king  to  itself. The people are all  idolaters  and  have  a  tongue  for  themselves. They gave  themselves up however  to  the  great  Kaan  and  pay  him  great  tribute  each  year. Moreover I  tell you that  this  king  of  this  province  is  so  self-indulgent  that  he  has  quite  three  hundred women for  wives;  for  when  he  knows  that  they  have  any  fair  woman  in  the  country, he takes  her  immediately  to  wife. Gold enough  is  found  in  this  province  and  precious stones. They have  also  much  dear  spicery  of  many  makes  in  great  abundance,  but  they are inland  and  very  far  from  the  sea,  and  so  their  goods  are  of  no  value  but  are  sold very cheap  there. They have  elephants  enough  in  this  province &  wild  asses  &  many other wild  beasts  of  many  kinds. They have  hunting  enough. There grows  much  rice; they live  on  flesh  &  on  milk  &  on  rice. They have  no  wine  from  vines,  but  they make it  very  well  from  rice  &  from  many delicate  spices  mixed  together,  which  is  very good. The people  all  in  common,  men  and  women,  of  that  province  are  painted  or pricked with  the  needle  all  over  their  flesh  in  such  way  as  I  shall  tell  you. For they make themselves  pictures  with  needles  in  a  colour  of  blood on  their  faces  and  all  over  their flesh of  cranes  and of  eagles,  of  lions  and  of  dragons  and  of  birds  and  of  many  other likenesses different  and  strange,  so  that  nothing  is  seen  not  drawn  upon  and  not  scratched. And they  are  made  with  the  needles  very  cunningly  &  in  such  a  way  that  they  never go off  by  washing  nor  by  other  way. They also  make  them  on  the  face[2]  and  on  the neck and  on  the  belly  and  on  the  breast  and  on  the  arms  and  on  the  hands  and  on  the  feet,"

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 * Correction of reference to Peter Harris' book: Marco Polo, The travels of Marco Polo, translated by W. Marsden and revised by T. Wright, newly revised and edited by Peter Harris, with an introduction by Colin Thubron, Everyman's Library, 2008.



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Yule-Cordier's map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marco_Polo_in_Caugigu_-_Map.jpg



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