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.
