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When this map was made, Shangdu had been in ruins for almost three centuries. Even though Matteo Ricci and Bento de Góis had already proven that Cathay is simply another name for China, the English cartographer John Speed in 1626 continued the tradition of showing "Cathaya, the Chief Kingdome of Great Cam" to the northeast of China. On his map ...
Clues for where the treasures were buried are provided in a puzzle book named The Secret produced by Byron Preiss and first published by Bantam in 1982. [1] The book was authored by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann and illustrated by John Jude Palencar, John Pierard, and Overton Loyd; JoEllen Trilling, Ben Asen, and Alex Jay also contributed to the book. [2]
The Book of Treasure Maps is a supplement which contains five short dungeon scenarios that the player characters find using treasure maps. Each of these dungeons includes a hand-drawn map to be given to the players as well as a complete map of the dungeon for the gamemaster to use.
Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu , the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
On January 25, 2025, several Romanian hoards, including the golden Helmet of Coțofenești and three Dacian bracelets, were lost in a heist at the Drents Museum, in the Dutch city of Assen. The collection had been borrowed from the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest. [48]
B: Map. Select the map to travel to a new area in the chapter. C: Notebook. Select the notebook to read new pieces of information and clues when they are added as you progress through the game. D ...
In Xanadu traces the path taken by Marco Polo from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to the site of Shangdu, famed as Xanadu in English literature, in Inner Mongolia, China. The book begins with William Dalrymple taking a vial of holy oil from the burning lamps of the Holy Sepulchre , which he is to transport to Shangdu , the summer ...
With one half of a map, Nancy sets out to find a missing twin brother who holds the other half. The mystery becomes dangerous when an assailant hears about the treasure and is determined to push Nancy off the trail. Nancy is accosted multiple times by a husband and wife couple, the Browns. They kidnap her from a party, though she manages to escape.