A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1
PREFACE.
CHAP. I. Discoveries in the time of Alfred King of
England, in the ninth century of the Christian era.
CHAP. II. Original Discovery of Greenland by the
Icelanders.[1]
CHAP. III. Early Discovery of Winland by the
Icelanders, about A.D. 1001.[1]
CHAP. IV. Travels of two Mahomedans in India and
China, in the Ninth Century.[1]
CHAP. V. Travels of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela,
through Europe, Asia, and Africa, from Spain to China, between A.D.
1160 and 1173[1].
CHAP. VI. Travels of an Englishman into Tartary,
and thence into Poland, Hungary, and Germany, in 1243.[1]
CHAP. VII. Sketch of the Revolutions in Tartary.
CHAP. VIII. The Travels of John de Plano Carpini
and other Friars, sent about the year 1246, as ambassadors from Pope
Innocent IV, to the great Khan of the Moguls or Tartars.[1]
CHAP. IX. Travels of William de Rubruquis into
Tartary, about the year 1253.[1]
CHAP. X. Travels of Haitho, Prince of Armenia, in
Tartary, in 1254 [1].
CHAP. XI. Travels of Marco Polo, through Tartary,
China, the Islands of India, and most of Asia, from A. D. 1260 to 1295
[1].
CHAP. XII. Travels of Oderic of Portenau, into
China and the East, in 1318[1].
CHAP. XIII. Travels of Sir John Mandeville into
the East, in 1322[1].
CHAP. XIV. Itinerary of Pegoletti, between Asof
and China, in 1355[1].
CHAP. XV. Voyages of Nicolo and Antonio Zeno in
1380.[1]
CHAP. XVI. Travels of John Schildtberger into
Tartary, in 1394[1].
CHAP. XVII. Travels of the Ambassadors of Mirza
Shah Rokh, King of Persia, from Herat to Khanbalek in Katkay, in 1419
[1].
CHAP. XVIII. Voyage and Travels of Pietro Quirini
into Norway, in 1431.[1]
CHAP. XIX. Travels of Josaphat Barbaro, Ambassador
from Venice to Tanna, now called Asof, in 1436[1].
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