Accounts of China and India (Paperback)

The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales. An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory, from the Somali headlands of Africa to the far eastern shores of China and Korea. Traveling eastward, we discover a vivid human landscape-from Chinese society to Hindu religious practices-as well as a colorful range of natural wilderness-from flying fish to Tibetan musk-deer and Sri Lankan gems. The juxtaposed accounts create a kaleidoscope of a world not unlike our own, a world on the road to globalization. In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information. Here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men-a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella. An English-only edition.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Library of Arabic Literature
Release date:	April 2017
Authors:	Abu Zayd Al-Sirafi
Foreword by:	Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
Translators:	Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	124
ISBN-13:	978-1-4798-3059-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	1-4798-3059-3
Barcode:	9781479830596

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