{"product_id":"cathay-and-the-way-thither-henry-yule-9781108010368","title":"Cathay and the Way Thither","description":"The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first published in 1866, is the first of two compilations edited by Colonel Henry Yule on contacts with China before the discovery of sea routes to the east. Yule's detailed introductory essay surveys the history of European contacts with the east, beginning with the Greek geographers and going up to the thirteenth century. He then presents the narratives of the Franciscan Odoric of Pordenone and other missionary friars in the fourteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Yule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108010369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108010368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.17d","brand":"Henry Yule","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47758492696831,"sku":"9781108010368","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebdc0344-96d0-44a2-a393-00a52271db70.jpg?v=1765511411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cathay-and-the-way-thither-henry-yule-9781108010368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}