Yule's "The Book of Marco Polo" (1871) is labeled: The Bridge of Pulisanghin (reduced from Polo's Livre des Merveilles).

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This illustration in Sir Henry Yule's "The Book of Marco Polo published in 1871 is labeled: The Bridge of Pulisanghin (reduced from Polo's Livre des Merveilles). According to Marco Polo's description of his own travels, he says that after he left the city of Cambulac in China, he came to a large river that he called Pulisanghin. Polo was here in 1276, but his account dates to 20 years later - hence, perhaps the difference in name. Its name is actually Lugou Bridge, but it is sometimes called the Marco Polo Bridge. Its construction dates to the late 12th century - just a few decades before Polo arrived. The bridge has survived to the present and is situated about 15 km southwest of the center of Beijing.

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