BY HENRI CORDIER
[Illustration: THE LO-HAN SHAN-CHU TSUN CHE.
No. 100 IN THE SERIES OF THE FIVE HUNDRED LO-HAN.
Frontispiece.]
PREFACE
There is no need of a long Preface to this small book. When the third
edition of the Book of Ser Marco Polo was published in 1903,
criticism was lenient to the Editor of YULE'S grand work, and it was
highly satisfactory to me that such competent judges as Sir Aurel STEIN
and Sven HEDIN gave their approval to the remarks I made on the
itineraries followed in Central Asia by the celebrated Venetian Traveller.
Nevertheless occasional remarks having been made by some of the reviewers,
proper notice was taken of them; moreover, it was impossible to avoid some
mistakes and omissions in a work including several hundreds of pages. As
years went on, extensive voyages were undertaken by travellers like Sir
Aurel STEIN, Sven HEDIN, PELLIOT, KOZLOV, and others, who brought fresh
and important information. I had myself collected material from new works
as they were issued and from old works which had been neglected. In the
mean time I had given a second edition of Cathay and the Way
Thither, having thus an opportunity to explore old ground again and
add new commentaries to the book.
All this material is embodied in the present volume which is to be
considered but as a supplementary volume of "Addenda" and "Corrigenda" to
the Book itself. I have gathered matter for a younger editor when a fourth
edition of the Book of Ser Marco Polo is undertaken, age preventing the
present editor to entertain the hope to be able to do the work himself.
To many who lent their aid have I to give my thanks: all are named in the
following pages, but I have special obligation to Sir Aurel STEIN, to Dr.
B. LAUFER, of Chicago, to Sir Richard TEMPLE, and to Prof. Paul PELLIOT,
of the College de France, Paris, who furnished me with some of the more
important notes. A paper by Prof. E.H. PARKER in the Asiatic Quarterly
Review proved also of considerable help.
HENRI CORDIER.
PARIS, 8, RUE DE SIAM,
11th of November, 1919.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE'S WRITINGS.
- - Notes [miscellaneous] by H. Yule, Palermo, August 28th, 1872.
(Indian Antiquary, I. 1872, pp. 320-321.)
- - "Discovery of Sanskrit." By H. Yule, Palermo, Dec. 26th, 1872.
(Indian Antiquary, II. 1873, p. 96.)
- - "Sopeithes, King of the [Greek: Kaekeoi]." By H. Yule. (Indian
Antiquary, II. 1873, p. 370.)
- - The Geography of Ibn Batuta's Travels in India. By Col. H. Yule,
Palermo. (Indian Antiquary, III. 1874, pp. 114-117, 209-212.)
- - The Geography of Ibn Batuta's Travels. By Col. H. Yule, C.B.
(Ibid. pp. 242-244.)
- - Mediaeval Ports of Western and Southern India, etc., named in the
Tohfat-al-Majahidin. By Col. H. Yule, C.B., Palermo. (Indian
Antiquary, III. 1874, pp. 212-214.)
- - Malifattan. By Col. H. Yule, C.B., Palermo. (Indian Antiquary,
IV. 1875, pp. 8-10.)
- - Champa. By H. Yule. (Indian Antiquary, VI. 1877, pp. 228-230.)
From the Geog. Mag., March, 1877, IV. pp. 66-67. Written for
the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but omitted.
- - Specimen of a Discursive Glossary of Anglo-Indian Terms. By H.Y. and
A.C.B. (Indian Antiquary, VIII. 1879, pp. 52-54, 83-86,
173-176, 201-204, 231-233.)
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE'S WRITINGS
MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK
INTRODUCTORY NOTICES
PROLOGUE
Sarai - Shang tu - Khitan inscription
BOOK I. ACCOUNT OF REGIONS VISITED OR HEARD OF ON THE JOURNEY FROM THE
LESSER ARMENIA TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KAAN AT CHANDU
Baudas - Nasich - Death of Mostas'im - Tauris - Cala Ataperistan - Persia -
Fat-tailed sheep - The Caraunas Robbers - Pashai - Hormos - Tun-o-Kain -
Tutia - Arbre sec - Old Man of the Mountain - Road to Sapurgan - Dogana -
Badakhshan - Wakhan - Plateau of Pamir - Paonano Pao - Yue Chi - Bolor -
Khotan - Pein - City of Lop - Great Desert - Camul - Chingintalas - Sukchur
- Campichu - Etzina - Tatar - Karacathayans - Keraits - Death of Chingiz
Khan - Tailgan - Marriage - Tengri - Coats of Mail - Reindeer -
Sinju - Gurun - King George - Tenduc - Christians.
BOOK II. PART I. THE KAAN, HIS COURT AND CAPITAL
Nayan - P'ai Tzu - Mongol Imperial Family - Hunting Leopard -
Cachar Modun - Bark of Trees - Value of Gold - Ch'ing siang - Cycle
of Twelve - Persian.
BOOK II. PART II. JOURNEY TO THE WEST AND SOUTH-WEST OF CATHAY
Wine and Vines - Christian Monument at Si-ngan fu - Khumdan - Mubupa -
Chien tao - Sindafu - Tibet - Wild Oxen - Kiung tu - Karajang -
Zardandan - Couvade - King of Mien - Burma - Nga-tshaung-gyan - Caugigu.
BOOK II. PART III. JOURNEY SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN PROVINCES OF CATHAY
AND MANZI
Ch'ang Lu Salt - Sangon-Li T'an - Sinjumatu - Great Canal - Caiju
- Lin Ngan - Yanju - Yang Chau - Siege of Saianfu - P'ao - Alans -
Vuju - Kinsay - Silky Fowls - Sugar - Zaitun.
BOOK III. JAPAN, THE ARCHIPELAGO, SOUTHERN INDIA, AND THE COASTS AND
ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN SEA
Nafun - Japanese War - Chamba - Pulo Condore - Locac - Lawaki - Pentam -
Tana-Malayu - Malacca - Sumatra - Ferlec - Sago Tree - Angamanain -
Dog-headed Barbarians - Ceylon - Sagamoni Borcan - Barlaam and Josaphat -
Tanjore - Chinese Pagoda at Negapatam - Suttees in India - Maabar - St.
Thomas - Calamina - Cail - Sappan - Fandaraina - Gozurat - Two Islands
called Male and Female - Scotra - The Rukh - Giraffes - Zanghibar - Aden -
Esher - Dufar - Frankincense.
BOOK IV. WARS AMONG THE TARTAR PRINCES AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN
COUNTRIES
Russia
APPENDICES
LIST OF MSS. OF MARCO POLO'S BOOK SO FAR AS THEY ARE KNOWN
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARCO POLO'S BOOK
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED EDITIONS
TITLES OF SUNDRY BOOKS AND PAPERS WHICH TREAT OF MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
INDEX
MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK.
INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.
Introduction, p. 6.
Speaking of Pashai, Sir Aurel Stein (Geog. Journ.), referring to
the notes and memoranda brought home by the great Venetian traveller, has
the following remarks: "We have seen how accurately it reproduces
information about territories difficult of access at all times, and far
away from his own route.
