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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.
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.
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.
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."
'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of
kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and
discursive.' Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick
scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it
documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic,
Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by
Salman Rushdie as 'the legendary dictionary of British India' it
shows how words of Indian origin were absorbed into the English
language and records not only the vocabulary but the culture of the
Raj. Illustrative quotations from a wide range of travel texts,
histories, memoirs, and novels create a canon of English writing
about India. The definitions frequently slip into anecdote,
reminiscence, and digression, and they offer intriguing insights
into Victorian attitudes to India and its people and customs. With
its delight in language, etymology, and puns, Hobson-Jobson has
fascinated generations of writers from Rudyard Kipling to Tom
Stoppard and Amitav Ghosh. This selected edition retains the range
and idiosyncrasy of the original, and includes fascinating
information on the glossary's creation and its significance for the
English language. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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