- Home
- Books
- Expeditions & Discoveries
- Cathay and the Way Thither Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China Volumes I-II
Cathay and the Way Thither Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China Volumes I-II
Availability: In stock
Regular Price
AED 200.00
Special Price
AED 190.00
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 Gos 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.
Publisher Name | Hakluyt Society |
---|---|
Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
Format | Audio |
Bisac Subject Major | HIS |
Language | NG |
Isbn 10 | 140942166X |
Isbn 13 | 9781409421665 |
Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
Series | 000796039 |
Dimensions | 00.00" H x 00.00" L x 00.00" W |
Page Count | 992 |
Write Your Own Review
Recommended Products
The Secret of The Nagas (Shiva...
Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man.
The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior...
AED 40.00
IMMORTALS OF MELUHA- Amish
he Immortals of Meluha is the first book of Amish Tripathi, first book of Amishverse, and also the...
AED 35.00