The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Major Montgomerie
Also known as Montgomerie, Major T. G. Montgomerie
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 67
He enters the account as a name attached to careful observation, the sort of authority invoked when the air grows thin and ordinary experience fails. His presence is more in the precision of his knowledge than in any personal detail the text preserves.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Unknown
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 67
- Books
- 1
Major Montgomerie appears as a technical authority whose observations help explain the difficulties of cooking and making fire at high altitudes. Elsewhere, information gathered by his Pandit is cited in connection with Tibetan convents, extending his contribution from practical science to regional knowledge. The book gives no account of his personal life or development; he remains a figure glimpsed through the work and testimony associated with him.
Description
No bodily features are supplied for Montgomerie, so his appearance cannot be established from the text. He is identified by his title and work as a surveyor, but no details of his height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, face, or clothing are recorded. A visual depiction should therefore remain an understated, historically plausible surveyor rather than assign him distinctive features unsupported by the account.
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BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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