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- PublisherGyan Publishing House
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 8121248132
- ISBN 13 9788121248136
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages392
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Cathay And The Way Thither: Being A Collection Of Medieval Notices Of China Vol. 1st
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Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. About the Book:-This is a standard work for all who are interested in the study of the far-east, in the ancient and middle of ages. This book is an indispensable guide for information of historical geography not only of China, and Central Asia, but of Asia at large too. This work is in 4 volumes. The first volume begins with a lengthy essay on the relations of China with the western world before the discovery of the sea route via the Cape; notices are also given regarding India, central Asia, Arabia, Armenia, Persia etc. It also contains notes on Nestorian Christianity in china. This volume has 2 illustrations. Volume 2 gives a detailed account of Odoric of Pordenone (1316-1330). Volume 2 has 6 illustrations and a map, Volume 3 is on missionary fairs (1292-1338); Rashid ud-din (1300-1307); Pegolotti's notices (1330-1340); John De Marignolli's recollections (1338-1353). Volume four describes the journeys of Ibn Battuta to Bengal and China (circa 1347); and, the journey of Benedict Goes from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607); This concluding volume has 1 illustration and a map of the passes of the Hindu Kush. This set. is a reprint of the 1916 edition. About the author:- Sir Henry Yule KCSI CB FRSGS was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer. He published many travel books, including translations of the work of Marco Polo and Mirabilia by the 14th-century Dominican Friar Jordanus. He was also the compiler of a dictionary of Anglo-Indian terms, the Hobson-Jobson, with Arthur Coke Burnell. He was awarded an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) from Edinburgh University in 1884 and served as royal commissioner for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886. He was created Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1889. In 1889 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (FRSGS). Yule arrived in Calcutta at the end of 1840. His first posting was in the Khasi Hills, a remote area to the northeast of Bengal in the modern state of Meghalaya. His mission was to 392. Seller Inventory # PB1111021019920
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