Cathay and the way thither :
being a collection of medieval notices of China /
translated and edited by Sir Henry Yule, C.B., late of the Royal Engineers (Bengal), with a preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for the Hakluyt society,
1866.
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| Series: | Works issued by the Hakluyt Society [no. xxxvi-xxxvii]
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| Notes: | Paged continuously. To v. 1 is prefixed the society's "Report for 1865", 15 p. Physical description: 2 v. : ill., 2 folded maps (incl. front: v. 2.) ; 22 cm. more |
Table of Contents:
Vol. I. Intercourse of China and western nations
Travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone (1316-1330)
Reports of missionary friars from Cathay and India (1292-1338). (253, 250 p. : 9 ill, maps)
Vol. II. Cathay under the Mongols (1300-7)
Pegolotti's notices of land route (1330-40)
John de Marignolli's recollections of Eastern travel (1338-53)
Ibn Batuta's travels in Bengal and China (1347)
Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607)
Appendix: I. Latin text of Odoric
II. Old Italian text of Odoric
III. Transcript from the manuscript of first two chapters of Pegolotti
Index of whole work. (p. 253-598, 98 p. : 4 ill.).
Vol. I. Intercourse of China and western nations
Travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone (1316-1330)
Reports of missionary friars from Cathay and India (1292-1338). (253, 250 p. : 9 ill, maps)
Vol. II. Cathay under the Mongols (1300-7)
Pegolotti's notices of land route (1330-40)
John de Marignolli's recollections of Eastern travel (1338-53)
Ibn Batuta's travels in Bengal and China (1347)
Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607)
Appendix: I. Latin text of Odoric
II. Old Italian text of Odoric
III. Transcript from the manuscript of first two chapters of Pegolotti
Index of whole work. (p. 253-598, 98 p. : 4 ill.).