Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China Volume 1 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1108010369 ISBN 13: 9781108010368

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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.

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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.

Contenuti:

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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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108010369
• ISBN 13: 9781108010368
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 524
• Redattore: Yule Henry