| Description |
1 online resource (15, ccliii, 246 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Hakluyt Society, Second Series ; v. 38
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Hakluyt Society, Second Series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
COVER -- DEDICATION AND PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PRELIMINARY ESSAY -- I. EARLIEST TRACES OF INTERCOURSE. GREEK AND ROMAN KNOWLEDGE OF CHINA -- II. CHINESE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- III. COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA -- IV. INTERCOURSE WITH THE ARABS -- V. INTERCOURSE WITH ARMENIA AND PERSIA, ETC -- VI. NESTORIAN CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA -- VII. LITERARY INFORMATION REGARDING CHINA PREVIOUS TO THE MONGOL ERA -- VIII. CHINA UNDER THE MONGOL DYNASTY, KNOWN AS CATHAY -- IX. CATHAY PASSING INTO CHINA. CONCLUSION -- SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES -- I. ODORIC OF PORDENONE13; -- BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTICES -- II. LETTERS AND REPORTS OF MISSIONARY FRIARS FROM CATHAY AND INDIA -- INTRODUCTORY NOTICES -- ADDITIONAL NOTES AND CORRECTIONS TO THE TRANSLATION OF THE MIRABILIA OFFRIAR JORDANUS. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Geography, Medieval.
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Geography, Medieval. |
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Missions -- East Asia.
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Missions. |
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East Asia. |
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China -- Description and travel.
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China. |
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India -- Description and travel.
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India. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cordier, Henri. Cathay and the Way Thither. Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China : New Edition. Volume I: Preliminary Essay on the Intercourse between China and the Western Nations previous to the Discovery of the Cape Route. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2011 9781409414056 |
| ISBN |
9781409416449 (electronic book) |
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1409416445 (electronic book) |
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9781409415411 (electronic book) |
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1409415414 (electronic book) |
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9781409413028 (hardback) |
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