Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of the travels of marco polo and study the map.
the city stands at the mouth or entrance of the gulf of kalhat, so that no ship can enter or leave the gulf except by leave of its rulers. the malik of this city thus has a powerful hold over the sultan of kerman, to whom he is subject. for sometimes the sultan imposes some due on the malik of hormuz or one of his brethren, and they refuse to pay it, and the sultan sends an army to enforce payment.
how does the map the reader understand the passage?

Which excerpt from the war of the worldseffectively reveals how the author relates the climax of the narrative through the narrator's thoughts? the war of the worldsall this had happened with such swiftness that i had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light. had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. but it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar.and then, with a renewed horror, i saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit. it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in, but showing as a little black object against the hot western sun.at that time it was quite clear in my own mind that the thing had come from the planet mars, but i judged it improbable that it contained any living creature. i thought the unscrewing might be automatic.my mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth. yet it was a little too large for assurance on this idea. i felt an impatience to see it opened.