Subject: Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800

Ioanne de Mandavilla qual tratta de le piu marauegliose cose e piu notabile che se trouino : e come presentialmente ha cercato tutte le parte habitabile del mondo.... [Itinerarium. Italian]
AuthorMandeville, John, Sir
PlaceVenetia
PublisherN. de Bascharini
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageItalian
TypeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberG370.M29 1553d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [([16] p.: 119 [i.e. 238 p.)
NoteIoanne de Mandavilla qual tratta de le piu marauegliose cose e piu notabile che se trouino : e come presentialmente ha cercato tutte le parte habitabile del mondo, & ha notato alcune degne co se che ha uedute in esse parte. MDL III
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new general collection of voyages and travels. Vol. 4 : Description of China, Korea, eastern Tartary, Tibet. Travels through Tartary, Tibet & Bukhâria to & from China, 1246-1698
AuthorAstley, Thomas, d. 1759Green, John, d.1757
PlaceLondon
PublisherPrinted for Thomas Astley
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberDig. [G160.A85 1745]
DescriptionDig. pdf. [4 v. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.]
NoteA new general collection of voyages and travels : consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language, comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with respect to the several empires, kingdoms ... also the manners and customs ... so as to form a compleat system of modern geography and history ...
Compiled by John Green, but known as the Astley collection.
v. 1. First voyages of the Portugueze to the East Indies, 1418-1546. First voyages of the English to Guinea, and the East Indies, 1552-1598. First voyages of the English to the East Indies, set forth by the company of merchants, 1600-1620. Voyages to Africa and the islands adjacent, 1455-1721.--v.2. Voyages and travels along the western coast of Africa, 1637-1735. Voyages and travels to Guinea and Benin, 1666-1726. Description of Guinea.--v.3. Voyages and travels to Guinea, Benin, Kongo and Angola. Description of Loango, Kongo, Angola, Benguela, and adjacent countries. Description of the countries along the eastern coast of Africa, from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guarda Fuy. Voyages and travels in China, 1655-1722.--v.4. Description of China, of Korea, eastern Tartary and Tibet. Travels through Tartary, Tibet, and Bukhâria, to and from China, 1246-1698.

Chapter VI: The Travels of Benedict Goez, from Lahor in the Mogol's Empire, to China, in 1602.
Chapter VII: Travels through Tibet, to and from China, By several Missioners (Andrade, Chesaud, Grueber, Desideri, della Penna).
Chapter VIII: Travels into Western Tartary, by Order of the Emperor of China, or in his Retinue, between the years 1688 and 1698 by John Francis Gerbillon, Jesuit.

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The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton Manuscript in modern spelling : with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's Navigations, voyages & discoveries. [Itinerarium. English]
AuthorOdorico, da Pordenone, 1265?-1331Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, d. 1252Ruysbroeck, Willem van, ca. 1210-ca.1270Mandeville, John, Sir
PlaceLondon
PublisherMacmillan
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberG370.M29 1915d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [xv, 390 p. ; 23 cm.]
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The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton Manuscript in modern spelling : with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's Navigations, voyages & discoveries / [John Mandeville ; edited by A.W. Pollard].
First ed. 1900.
Includes index and glossary.
Bibliographical note -- The travels of Sir John Mandeville -- The voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini -- The journal of Friar William de Rubruquis -- The journal of Friar Odoric.

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