Cathay and the way thither : being a collection of medieval notices of China
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Cathay and the way thither : being a collection of medieval notices of China
（Cambridge library collection, . Travel and exploration）
Cambridge University Press, 2010
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Reprint. Originally published: London : for the Hakluyt Society, 1866
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first published in 1866, is the first of two compilations edited by Colonel Henry Yule on contacts with China before the discovery of sea routes to the east. Yule's detailed introductory essay surveys the history of European contacts with the east, beginning with the Greek geographers and going up to the thirteenth century. He then presents the narratives of the Franciscan Odoric of Pordenone and other missionary friars in the fourteenth century.
Table of Contents
- Dedication and preface
- Preliminary essay on the intercourse of China and the Western nations previous to the discovery of the sea-route by the Cape
- 1. The travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone (1316-1330)
- 2. Letters and reports of missionary friars from Cathay and India (1292-1338).
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