Physical Geography and Climate of New South Wales (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Physical Geography and Climate of New South WalesMarco Polo tells us that the Chinese navigators in his day (aj). 1293) asserted there were thousands of islands in the sea to south of them, and in the present day we find proofs of their early Visits to Australia in the traces of Chinese features amongst the natives of the northern coast, indeed, some historians think that Marco Polo, in the account he gives of the expedition sent to Persia by the Great Khan, refers directly to Australia, under the name of Lochac. This place he says was too far away to be subjugated by the Great Khan, and was seldom visited, but it yielded' gold in surprising quantity, and amongst other wonders contained within it an immense lake or inland sea. It is impossible that such a description should apply, as has been thought, to the Malay country within easy reach, and one which his ships must have passed in every voyage and so far from being beyond his power, it was within the limits over which his sway extended. That Lochac formed part of the mainland was also quite in accordance with their ideas of the earth, which surrounded the ocean, and the abundance of gold is certainly more likely to be true of Australia than of the Malay Peninsula.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.