The road to Cathay
By: by Merriam Sherwood and Elmer Mantz; decorations by William Siegel.
Contributors: Mantz, Harold Elmer, 1888- joint author.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Giovanni di Plano Carpini, abp. of Antivari, fl. 1240.; Odorico, da Pordenone, 1265?-1331.; Ruysbroeck, Willem van, ca. 1210-ca. 1270.; Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allāh, called Ibn Batūtah, 1303-1377.; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Mandeville, John, Sir.; Voyages and travels.; Tatars.; Asia -- Description and travel.; China -- Description and travel.
Notes: Title within ornamental border; illustrated lining-papers.
"Here are told the stories of five great travelers: Friar John of Plano Carpini, Friar Odoric the Bohemian, William of Rubruquis, Ibn Batuta the Moor and Marco Polo of Venice, together with their own descriptions of the marvels of Cathay, the wonders of Ind, the four rivers of Paradise and the islands of the south; and the tales that are in the book of Sir John de Mandeville."
"The stories of the travelers themselves ... in English": p. 250-251.