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Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China, Volumes I-II - Hakluyt Society, First Series Henry Yule New edition
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Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China, Volumes I-II - Hakluyt Society, First Series
Henry Yule
Volume I: 'Translated and Edited with a Preliminary Essay on the Intercourse between China and the Western Nations previous to the Discovery of the Cape Route'. Containing the travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone, 1316-30, and letters and reports from missionary friars from Cathay and India, 1292-1338, in English translation. With a list of 'illustrations from drawings by the author'. The supplementary material includes the 1866 annual report. Volume II: Contains contemporary notices of Cathay under the Mongols, from Rashiduddin; Pegolotti's notices of the land route to Cathay and of Asiatic trade in the fourteenth century; Marignolli's recollections of eastern travel; Ibn Battuta's travels in Bengal and China; the journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay; all in English translation, with Latin and Italian texts of Odoric's narrative. For a revised version of the whole work, see Second Series 33, 37, 38, 41. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volumes first published in 1866.
Includes 5 b&w illustrations and 3 maps
| Media | Books Book |
| Released | July 28, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9781409421665 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 1000 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 2.09 kg |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Yule, Sir Henry |
