The Book of the Marvels of the World, Marco Polo - Odoric of Pordenone

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Fish salute Ché A Nan, f. 105v

There is another kingdom called Zampa, which is many days' journey from this other place. In this region, there are truly amazing phenomena. One of them is the incredible amount of fish that populate its seas, so many that when they are caught, nothing else but fish are sold. Moreover, these fish, when approaching the shore, voluntarily jump into the shoreline, where the inhabitants pick them up at will. They remain there for two or three days, after which another wave of fish repeats the same behavior, followed by more and more fish, one after another, as if following an established order until the last generation. This phenomenon occurs only once a year. When the inhabitants are asked why this happens, they reply that the fish behave in this way because they wish to pay homage to their emperor.


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