Cathay and the way thither
Subtitle: being a collection of medieval noticesof China
By: translated and edited by Sir Henry Yule... With a preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route.
Contributors: Odorico da Pordenone, 1286-1331.; Rashid al-Din, Fazi Allah, 1247-1318.; Balducci Pegolotti, Francesco, 14th cent.; Marignolli, Giovanni del, bp. of Bizignano, 14th cent.; Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah, called Ibn Bafufah, 1303-1377.; Goes, Bento de, 1562-1606?.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society  (no. xxxvi-xxxvii)
Publisher: Printed for the Hakluyt society
Published: 1866
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Missions -- East Asia; China -- Description and travel; India -- Description and travel
Notes: Paged continuously.

To v. 1 is prefixed the society's "Report for 1865", 15 p.

Includes a biographical account, and travels, of Odoric of Pordenone.