HUGE SERPENTS observed and recorded by the trader and explorer MARCO POLO (1254A.D.– 1324 A.D.)
HUGE
SERPENTS observed and recorded by the trader and explorer MARCO POLO
(1254A.D.– 1324 A.D.) Could these be eyewitness accounts of what we
today call dinosaurs ?
Marco Polo traveled through Asia , Persia ,
China and Indonesia over a period of some twenty years , between
1271-1298 . Men like Christopher Columbus were inspired due to him
resulting in them exploring the world .
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO
POLO is the written record of Marco Polo , his travels and adventures .
We find within this written record a detailed account of what Marco
Polo describes and reports as being "HUGE SERPENTS". From these
accounts it seems that Marco Polo was describing what we would call
"dinosaurs".Take a read for yourself: The travels of Marco Polo , part 2 ,
chapter 40 .
Marco Polo .......
"Leaving the city of Yachi, and
traveling ten days in a westerly direction, you reach the province of
Karazan, which is also the name of the chief city . Here are seen huge
serpents, ten paces in length (about 30 feet), and ten spans (about 8
feet) girt of the body. At the fore part, near the head, they have two
short legs, having three claws like those of a tiger, with eyes larger
than a forepenny loaf (pane da quattro denari) and very glaring."
The jaws are wide enough to swallow a man, the teeth are large and
sharp, and their whole appearance is so formidable, that neither man,
nor any kind of animal can approach them without terror. Others are met
with of a smaller size, being eight, six, or 5 paces long; and the
following method is used for taking them. In the day-time, by reason of
great heat, they lurk in caverns, from whence, at night, they issue to
seek their food, and whatever beast they meet with and can lay hold of,
whether tiger, wolf, or any other, they devour;
"After which
they drag themselves towards some lake, spring of water, or river, in
order to drink. By their motion in this way along the shore, and their
vast weight, they make a deep impression, as if a heavy beam had been
drawn along the sands. Those whose employment is to hunt them observe
the track by which they are most frequently accustomed to go, and fix
into the ground several pieces of wood, armed with sharp iron spikes,
which they cover with sand in such a manner as not to be perceptible.
When therefore the animals make their way towards the places they
usually haunt, they are wounded by these instruments, and speedily
killed. The crows, as soon as they perceive them to be dead, set up to
scream; and this serves as a signal to the hunters, who advance the
spot, and proceed to separate the skin from the flesh, taking care
immediately to secure the gall, which is most highly esteemed in
medicine.
In cases of the bite of a mad dog, a penny weight of
it, dissolved in wine, is administered. It is also useful in
accelerating parturition, when the labor pains of women have come on. A
small quantity of it being applied to carbuncles, pustules, or other
eruptions on the body, they are presently dispersed; and it is
efficacious in many other complaints.
The flesh also of the
animal is sold at a dear rate, being thought to have a higher flavor
than other kinds of meat, and by all persons it is esteemed a delicacy."
(The Travels of Marco Polo, © 1948,Book 2, Chapter XL, pg. 185-186)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12410
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COULD IT BE THAT DINO'S AND MAN ACTUALLY LIVED ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER , and very recently ?
Did these artists witness these animals for themselves ?
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JUST WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF MAN AND DINOSAUR CO-EXISTED ?
Louis Jacobs , former president of the society of Vertebrate Paleontology ......
"Such an association (man and dinosaur) would dispel an Earth with vast
antiquity . The entire history of creation , including the day of rest ,
could be accommodated in the seven biblical days of the ......Genesis
myth . EVOLUTION WOULD BE VANQUISHED ."
Mr Jacobs does not hold
to the biblical worldview , this is obvious by his calling the Genesis
account myth , but he clearly understands that if man and dinosaurs
co-existed then it is the final nail in the coffin for the Evolutionary
Paradigm .
From the evidence that is available , which spans many
tribes and nations globally , it is obvious that man and dinosaurs
co-existed . The very book (Bible , Word of God ) he attempts to claim
as myth contains eyewitness accounts of what are clearly known by us
today as "DINOSAURS" .
A great book for anybody searching out evidence
for the co existence of man and what we call today dinosuars then the
following book by Bill Cooper is a great read . http://www.amazon.co.uk/After-flood-Post-flood-History-Europe/dp/187436740X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304513429&sr=8-1 Also Dragons and Dinosaurs by Darek Isaacs . http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dragons-Dinosaurs-Evolution-Darek-Isaacs/dp/088270477X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1304513756&sr=1-2
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