Volume 1 — CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
Reading edition
PREFACE.
GENERAL PLAN OF THE WORK.
PART I.
Voyages and Travels of Discovery, from the Era of Alfred, King of England, in the Ninth Century, to the Era of Don Henry, Prince of Portugal, at the commencement of the Fifteenth Century.
CHAPTER I.
Discoveries in the time of Alfred, King of England, in the Ninth Century of the Christian Era.
Section I.
Discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians, in the Ninth Century
Section II.
Voyages of Ohthere to the White Sea and the Baltic, in the Ninth Century
Section III.
Remarks on the situation of Sciringes-heal and Haethum, by J. R. Forster
Section IV.
Voyage of Wulfstein in the Baltic, as related to King Alfred
Section IV. [1]
[1] By error of the press, Sect, IV. has been numerically repeated.
Voyage of Sighelm to India, in the reign of Alfred, King of
Section V.
Travels of John Erigena to Athens, in the Ninth-Century
Section VI.
Geography of the known World, in the Ninth Century, as described by King Alfred
Section VII.
VII. Travels of Andrew Leucander, in the Eleventh Century
Section VIII.
Voyage of Swanus to Jerusalem, in 1052
Section IX.
Voyage of three Ambassadors from England to Constantinople, about 1056
Section X.
Pilgrimage of Alured to Jerusalem, in 1058
Section XI.
Pilgrimage of Ingulphus to Jerusalem, in 1064
CHAPTER II.
Original Discovery of Greenland by the Icelanders, in the Ninth Century
CHAPTER III.
Early Discovery of Winland, or America, by the Icelanders, about the year 1001
CHAPTER IV.
Travels of two Mahometans into India and China, in the Ninth Century
CHAPTER V.
Travels of Rabbi Benjamin from Spain to China, in the Twelfth Century
CHAPTER VI.
Travels of an Englishman in Tartary, in 1243
CHAPTER VII.
Sketch of the Revolutions in Tartary
CHAPTER VIII.
Travels of John de Piano Carpini, in 1246
CHAPTER IX.
Travels of W. de Rubruquis, about 1253
CHAPTER X.
Travels of Haitho, Prince of Armenia, in 1254
CHAPTER XI.
Travels of Marco Polo into China and the East; from A.D. 1260 to 1295
CHAPTER XII.
Travels of Oderic of Portenau, in 1318
CHAPTER XIII.
Travels of Sir John Mandeville, in 1322
CHAPTER XIV.
Itinerary of Pegoletti, between Asof and China, in 1355
CHAPTER XV.
Voyages of Nicolo and Antonio Zeno, in 1380
CHAPTER XVI.
Travels of Schildtberger, in 1394
CHAPTER XVII.
Travels of the Ambassadors of Shah Rokh, in 1419
CHAPTER XVIII.
Voyage and Shipwreck of Quirini, in 1431
CHAPTER XIX.
Travels of Josaphat Barbaro, in 1436
(Transcriber's note: The following errata have been applied to the text.)
ERRATA.
Page 8, line 26, for insulated read inhabited
51, 21, for phenomena read phenomenon
62, 41, after each insert of the
118 33, after thirteenth insert century
165, note 7, for Keander read Theander.