Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China Volume II |
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| Editor:
| Yule, Henry |
| Series title: | Hakluyt Society, First Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-1303-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | Hakluyt Society
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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See First Series 36 for the first volume, with which this has a continuous pagination. 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...
More DescriptionSee First Series 36 for the first volume, with which this has a continuous pagination. 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 volume first published in 1866.