Cathay and the Way Thither, Volume 2 : Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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 second of two compilations edited by Colonel Henry Yule on contacts with China before the discovery of sea routes to the east. It contains extracts from the work of Rashiduddin (1247-1318) describing China during the Mongol rule, Ibn Batuta's account of travel in Bengal and China in the fourteenth century, and a record of the journey of the Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607). 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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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 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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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 second of two compilations edited by Colonel Henry Yule on contacts with China before the discovery of sea routes to the east. It contains extracts from the work of Rashiduddin (1247-1318) describing China during the Mongol rule, Ibn Batuta's account of travel in Bengal and China in the fourteenth century, and a record of the journey of the Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607). Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 6 III - CATHAY UNDER THE MONGOLS. EXTRACTED FROM RASHIDUDDIN......Page 12 IV - NOTICES OF THE LAND ROUTE TO CATHAY AND OF ASIATIC TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY......Page 38 V - JOHN DE' MARIGNOLLI AND HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF EASTERN TRAVEL......Page 70 VI - IBN BATUTA'S TRAVELS IN BENGAL AND CHINA......Page 156 VII - THE JOURNEY OF BENEDICT GOËS FROM AGRA TO CATHAY......Page 288 APPENDIX I - LATIN TEXT OF ODORIC, FROM A MS. IN THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE......Page 358 APPENDIX II - OLD ITALIAN TEXT OF ODORIC, FROM A MS. IN THE BIBLIOTECA PALATINA AT FLORENCE......Page 400 APPENDIX III - TRANSCRIPT FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. OF THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS OF PEGOLOTTI......Page 421 INDEX TO "CATHAY AND THE WAY THITHER"......Page 424 Cover 1 Frontmatter 6 III - CATHAY UNDER THE MONGOLS. EXTRACTED FROM RASHIDUDDIN 12 IV - NOTICES OF THE LAND ROUTE TO CATHAY AND OF ASIATIC TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 38 V - JOHN DE' MARIGNOLLI AND HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF EASTERN TRAVEL 70 VI - IBN BATUTA'S TRAVELS IN BENGAL AND CHINA 156 VII - THE JOURNEY OF BENEDICT GOËS FROM AGRA TO CATHAY 288 APPENDIX I - LATIN TEXT OF ODORIC, FROM A MS. IN THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE 358 APPENDIX II - OLD ITALIAN TEXT OF ODORIC, FROM A MS. IN THE BIBLIOTECA PALATINA AT FLORENCE 400 APPENDIX III - TRANSCRIPT FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. OF THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS OF PEGOLOTTI 421 INDEX TO "CATHAY AND THE WAY THITHER" 424 9781108010375 Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This 1866 compilation, the first of two on contacts with China before the discovery of sea routes, contains a substantial introductory essay and narratives by several fourteenth-century missionary friars. The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This 1866 compilation, the second of two focusing on contacts with China before the discovery of sea routes, includes Arabic and Persian accounts as well as those of Europeans.