Cathay and the way thither : being a collection of medieval notices of China / tr. and ed. by Colonel Sir Henry Yule.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 33.
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 37-38.
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 41.
Main Author: Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889
Other Authors: Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925
Odorico da Pordenone, 1265?-1331
Rashīd al-Dīn, Faẓl Allāh, 1247-1318
Balducci Pegolotti, Francesco, active 14th century
Marignolli, Giovanni dei, Bp. of Bisignano, active 14th century
Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377
Góis, Bento de, 1562-1607
Language:English
Multiple languages
Published: London : Printed for the Hakluyt society, 1913-16.
Edition:New edition,
Series:Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 33.
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 37-38.
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 41.
Subjects:
Physical Description:4 volumes : frontispiece (volumes 1-2; volumes 1, portrait), illustrations, plate, maps (part folded) ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • I. Preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route. 1915
  • II. Odoric of Pordenone. 1913
  • III. Missionary friars. Rashíduddín. Pegolotti. Marignolli. 1914
  • IV. Ibn Batuta. Benedict Goës. Index. 1916.