Cathay and the Way Thither 2 Volume Paperback Set : Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China (Package)

Volume 1: Dedication and preface; Preliminary essay on the intercourse of China and the Western nations previous to the discovery of the sea-route by the Cape; 1. The travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone (1316?1330); 2. Letters and reports of missionary friars from Cathay and India (1292?1338). Volume 2: 3. Cathay under the Mongols; 4. Pegolotti's notices of the land route to Cathay, etc. (circa 1330?1340); 5. John de' Marignolli's recollections of eastern travel (1338?1353); 6. Ibn Batuta's travels in Bengal and China (circa 1347); 7. The journey of Benedict Goes from Agra to Cathay (1602?1607); Appendix.