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The road to Cathay
- Title
- The road to Cathay, by Merriam Sherwood and Elmer Mantz; decorations by William Siegel.
- Author
- Sherwood, Merriam, 1892-1961.
- Publication
- New York, The Macmillan Company, 1928.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | BBE (Sherwood, M. Road to Cathay) | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Mantz, Harold Elmer, 1888-
- Description
- xii p., 1
- Subject
- Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, -1252
- Odorico, da Pordenone, 1265?-1331
- Ruysbroeck, Willem van, approximately 1210-approximately 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
- Note
- 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.
- Call Number
- BBE (Sherwood, M. Road to Cathay)
- LCCN
- 28023074
- OCLC
- 1471959
- Author
- Sherwood, Merriam, 1892-1961.
- Title
- The road to Cathay, by Merriam Sherwood and Elmer Mantz; decorations by William Siegel.
- Imprint
- New York, The Macmillan Company, 1928.
- Added Author
- Mantz, Harold Elmer, 1888-
- Research Call Number
- BBE (Sherwood, M. Road to Cathay)