Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China, Volumes I-II

di Henry Yule (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010

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 Goes 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.

• Autore: Henry Yule
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Hakluyt Society, First Series
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Mixed media product
• Pagine: 992 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 2086 gr.
• EAN: 9781409421665

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