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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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Details
- Additional Authors
- Mantz, Harold Elmer, 1888-
- Description
- xii p., 1 ., 251 p., 1 . col. front., illus., double maps.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Ruysbroeck, Willem van, approximately 1210-approximately 1270
- Voyages and travels
- Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
- Mandeville, John, Sir
- Giovanni di Plano Carpini, abp. of Antivari, fl. 1240
- Tatars
- China > Description and travel
- Odorico, da Pordenone, 1265?-1331
- Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allāh, called Ibn Batūtah, 1303-1377
- Asia > 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.
- LCCN
- 28023074
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library