Four PilgrimsI.—HIUEN-TSIANG.Reading editionChapter navigation37 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterERRATA.Introductory materialI.—HIUEN-TSIANG.Chapter I · THE ISOLATION OF CHINAChapter II · BUDDHA AND BUDDHISM.Chapter III · AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY.Chapter IV · THROUGH INDIA IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY.Chapter V · INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY.Chapter VI · THE JOURNEY HOME BY A NEW AND PERILOUS ROUTE.Chapter VII · PEACEFUL DAYS.Chapter I · EARLY PILGRIMAGE TO PALESTINE.Chapter II · “DIEU LE VEULT.”Chapter III · SÆWULF’S RECORD.MOHAMMED IBN ABD ALLAHChapter I · THE WHIRLWIND FROM ARABIA AND WHAT FOLLOWED.Chapter II · A RESOLUTE PILGRIMChapter III · A ROUNDABOUT PILGRIMAGEChapter IV · GLIMPSES OF ARABIA, PERSIA AND EAST AFRICA IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURYChapter V · TO INDIA BY WAY OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE STEPPESChapter VI · AN EASTERN DESPOTChapter VII · PERILS BY LAND AND SEAChapter VIII · OFF TO MALAYSIA AND CATHAYChapter IX · MOORS OF SPAIN AND NEGROES OF TIMBUKTUIV.—LUDOVICO VARTHEMA OF BOLOGNA,Chapter I · THE GREAT AGE OF THE RENAISSANCE AND OF DISCOVERY.Chapter II · —FROM VENICE TO DAMASCUS.Chapter III · OVER THE DESERT TO MECCAChapter IV · THE ESCAPE FROM THE CARAVANChapter V · CERTAIN ADVENTURES IN ARABIA THE HAPPY.Chapter VI · EASTWARD HO!Chapter VII · THE PAGANS OF NARSINGA.Chapter VIII · FARTHER INDIA, MALAYSIA AND THE BANDA ISLANDS.Chapter IX · SOME CUNNING MANŒUVRES.Chapter X · WAR BY LAND AND SEAChapter XI · THE NEW WAY ROUND THE CAPE.FOOTNOTES:Previous chapter ←Introductory materialNext chapter →Chapter I · THE ISOLATION OF CHINAAll chapters and sections (37)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsERRATA.Opening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsI.—HIUEN-TSIANG.Chapters1234567123Other sectionsMOHAMMED IBN ABD ALLAHChapters123456789Other sectionsIV.—LUDOVICO VARTHEMA OF BOLOGNA,Chapters1234567891011Other sectionsFOOTNOTES:Master of the Law; and his Perilous Journey to the Sacred Land of Buddha, A.D. 627–643.◇← Introductory materialCHAPTER I. THE ISOLATION OF CHINA →