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Volume I: 'Translated and Edited with a Preliminary Essay on the
Intercourse between China and the Western Nations previous to the
Discovery of the Cape Route'. Containing the travels of Friar
Odoric of Pordenone, 1316-30, and letters and reports from
missionary friars from Cathay and India, 1292-1338, in English
translation. With a list of 'illustrations from drawings by the
author'. The supplementary material includes the 1866 annual
report. Volume II: Contains contemporary notices of Cathay under
the Mongols, from Rashiduddin; Pegolotti's notices of the land
route to Cathay and of Asiatic trade in the fourteenth century;
Marignolli's recollections of eastern travel; Ibn Battuta's travels
in Bengal and China; the journey of Benedict Goes from Agra to
Cathay; all in English translation, with Latin and Italian texts of
Odoric's narrative. For a revised version of the whole work, see
Second Series 33, 37, 38, 41. This is a new print-on-demand
hardback edition of the volumes first published in 1866.
Reprint of the second (1939) edition of the work that is still the standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language.
Reprint of the second (1939) edition of the work that is still the
standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language.
Translated from the Latin Original, as published at Paris in 1839,
in the Recueil de Voyages et de memoires, of the Society of
Geography, with the Addition of a Commentary'. The supplementary
material includes the 1863 annual report. This is a new
print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in
1863.
'Translated and Edited with a Preliminary Essay on the Intercourse
between China and the Western Nations previous to the Discovery of
the Cape Route'. Containing the travels of Friar Odoric of
Pordenone, 1316-30, and letters and reports from missionary friars
from Cathay and India, 1292-1338, in English translation. With a
list of 'illustrations from drawings by the author'. This and
volume II (First Series 37) have continuous main pagination. The
supplementary material includes the 1866 annual report. This is a
new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published
in 1866. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to
reproduce the 'reduced and condensed translation of the carta
catalana of 1375' and the 'Sketch Map to Illustrate Ibn Battuta's
Travels in Bengal' which appeared in the first edition of this
volume.
See First Series 36 for the first volume, with which this has a
continuous pagination. Contains contemporary notices of Cathay
under the Mongols, from Rashiduddin; Pegolotti's notices of the
land route to Cathay and of Asiatic trade in the fourteenth
century; Marignolli's recollections of eastern travel; Ibn
Battuta's travels in Bengal and China; the journey of Benedict Goes
from Agra to Cathay; all in English translation, with Latin and
Italian texts of Odoric's narrative. For a revised version of the
whole work, see Second Series 33, 37, 38, 41. This is a new
print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in
1866.
The diary is transcribed, with introductory notes, etc. by R.
Barlow, and illustrated by 'Copious Extracts from Unpublished
Records, etc.' by Colonel Henry Yule. The volume is continued in
First Series 75 and 78. The whole work contains: I. The diary, with
index.--II. Notices regarding Sir William Hedges, documentary
memoirs of Job Charnock, and other biographical and miscellaneous
illustrations of the time in India. -III. Documentary contributions
to a biography of Thomas Pitt, governor of Fort St. George; with
collections on the early history of the company's settlement in
Bengal; and on early charts and topography of the Hugli River The
supplementary material consists of the 1886 annual report. This is
a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first
published in 1887.
The diary is transcribed, with introductory notes, etc. by R.
Barlow, and illustrated by 'Copious Extracts from Unpublished
Records, etc.' by Colonel Henry Yule. The volume follows First
Series 75 and is continued in 78. The whole work contains: I. The
diary, with index.--II. Notices regarding Sir William Hedges,
documentary memoirs of Job Charnock, and other biographical and
miscellaneous illustrations of the time in India. -III. Documentary
contributions to a biography of Thomas Pitt, governor of Fort St.
George; with collections on the early history of the company's
settlement in Bengal; and on early charts and topography of the
Hugli River The supplementary material includes the 1887 annual
report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the
volume first published in 1888.
The diary is transcribed, with introductory notes, etc. by R.
Barlow, and illustrated by 'Copious Extracts from Unpublished
Records, etc.' by Colonel Henry Yule. With pedigrees of Pitt of
Blandford St Mary and Pitt of Stratfieldsay, and indexes to all
three volumes.The volume continues from First Series 74 and 75. The
whole work contains: I. The diary, with index.--II. Notices
regarding Sir William Hedges, documentary memoirs of Job Charnock,
and other biographical and miscellaneous illustrations of the time
in India. -III. Documentary contributions to a biography of Thomas
Pitt, governor of Fort St. George; with collections on the early
history of the company's settlement in Bengal; and on early charts
and topography of the Hugli River The supplementary material is the
1888 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition
of the volume first published in 1889. Owing to technical
constraints it has not been possible to reproduce illustration no.2
opposite p. xxix, the "Genealogical Table of the PITT Family."
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. Three volumes, published
in 1887, are devoted to the diary of William Hedges (1632 1701) who
in 1681 became the first Agent of the East India Company at its new
base in Bengal. The first volume contains a transcription of the
diary itself; Volume 2 contains a collection of documents relevant
to Hedges' time in India; and Volume 3 is a documentary history of
Thomas Pitt, grandfather of Pitt the Elder and Governor of Fort St
George, who appears frequently in Hedges' diary.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian is a nineteenth-century
edition of the famous travelogue written by Rustichello da Pisa and
Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia,
Persia, China and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291. The book secured
lasting fame for its editor, the prominent geographer and literary
scholar Henry Yule, who was awarded the founder's medal of the
Royal Geographical Society for his efforts. The two-volume work,
the result of Yule's research in Palermo, Venice, Florence, Paris
and London and of extensive correspondence with scholars around the
world, has long been considered an authoritative source on Polo's
travels. Volume I contains Books One and Two of the travelogue and
contains descriptions of the lands of the Middle East and Central
Asia that Polo encountered en route to China. Book II covers Polo's
time in China and the court of Kublai Khan.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian is a nineteenth-century
edition of the famous travelogue written by Rustichello da Pisa and
Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia,
Persia, China and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291. The book secured
lasting fame for its editor, the prominent geographer and literary
scholar Henry Yule, who was awarded the founder's medal of the
Royal Geographical Society for his efforts. The two-volume work,
the result of Yule's research in Palermo, Venice, Florence, Paris
and London and of extensive correspondence with scholars around the
world, has long been considered an authoritative source on Polo's
travels. Volume II comprises Books Three and Four of the travelogue
and contains descriptions of the coastal regions of Japan and India
and the east coast of Africa. Book Four describes the wars among
the Mongols and the regions of the far north, including Russia.
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 Go s 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. Three volumes, published
in 1887, are devoted to the diary of William Hedges (1632 1701) who
in 1681 became the first Agent of the East India Company at its new
base in Bengal. The first volume contains a transcription of the
diary itself; Volume 2 contains a collection of documents relevant
to Hedges' time in India; and Volume 3 is a documentary history of
Thomas Pitt, grandfather of Pitt the Elder and Governor of Fort St
George, who appears frequently in Hedges' diary.
William Gill (1843 1883) was an explorer and commissioned officer
in the Royal Engineers. After inheriting a fortune from a distant
relative in 1871, Gill decided to remain in the Army and use his
inheritance to finance explorations of remote countries, satisfying
his love of travel and gathering intelligence for the British
government. He was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical
Society in 1879 for his scientific observations on his expeditions.
This two volume work, first published in 1880, is Gill's account of
his expedition from Chengdu, China through Sichuan, along the
eastern edge of Tibet via Litang, to Bhamo in Burma, a region
little explored by westerners before him. Gill describes in vivid
detail the cultures, societies and settlements of the region, and
their political and economic systems. Volume 1 covers the area
around Chengdu and includes an introductory chapter by the eminent
orientalist Henry Yule (1820 1889).
William Gill (1843 1883) was an explorer and commissioned officer
in the Royal Engineers. After inheriting a fortune from a distant
relative in 1871, Gill decided to remain in the Army and use his
inheritance to finance explorations of remote countries, satisfying
his love of travel and gathering intelligence for the British
government. He was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical
Society in 1879 for his scientific observations on his expeditions.
This two volume work, first published in 1880, is Gill's account of
his expedition from Chengdu, China through Sichuan, along the
eastern edge of Tibet via Litang, to Bhamo in Burma, a region
little explored by westerners before him. Gill describes in vivid
detail the cultures, societies and settlements of the region, and
their political and economic systems. Volume 2 recounts his travels
across the plateau to the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy, partly
retracing Marco Polo's route.
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. Three volumes, published
in 1887, are devoted to the diary of William Hedges (1632 1701) who
in 1681 became the first Agent of the East India Company at its new
base in Bengal. The first volume contains a transcription of the
diary itself; Volume 2 contains a collection of documents relevant
to Hedges' time in India; and Volume 3 is a documentary history of
Thomas Pitt, grandfather of Pitt the Elder and Governor of Fort St
George, who appears frequently in Hedges' diary.
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 contains the
first English translation (in 1863) of a Latin manuscript written
in about 1330 and published in France in 1839. Jordanus was a
Dominican missionary to India, who became bishop of Columbum
(probably a town on the Malabar coast). He recorded anything he
thought noteworthy on his travels from the Mediterranean to India
via Persia and back again, and his remarks on the climate, produce,
people and customs of the countries he passed through are a
valuable source of information.
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