Date | 1964 |
Publish_location | New York |
Publisher | Pantheon Books |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library [M5] |
Edition | |
Language | English |
Record_type | Book |
Series | |
Shelf | Reading Room |
Call Number | G320.M5 1964 |
Description | vii, 309 p.: maps ; 22 cm. |
Note | The Great Chinese travelers : an anthology / edited by Jeanette Mirsky. 1. Travels of Emperor Mu (1001-945 B.C.E.) -- 2. Zhang Qian: the Han ambassador to Bactria (123 B.C.E.) -- 3. Xuanzang: Prince of pilgrims (645 C.E.) -- 4. The Daoist Changchun goes to visit Genghis Khan (1220) -- 5. Rabban Sauma visits Europe (1250) -- 6. Recollections of the customs of Cambodia (1297) -- 7. Zheng He's naval expeditions (15th century) -- 8. The Hailu: An eighteenth-century seaman (18th century) -- 9. Scholars, students and ambassadors (19th century). |
Subject | Travelers--China--History Asia, Central--Description and travel Voyages and travels--China--History |
LCCN | 64-18345 |