Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West / Morris Rossabi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossabi, Morris, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ṣâuma, Rabban, -1293?--Travel.

Ṣâuma, Rabban.

Diplomats--China.

Diplomats.

Diplomats--Travel.

Voyages and travels.

Travel, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st University of California Press ed.

Other Title:

Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Toward the end of the thirteenth century, at about the time Marco Polo was being received by the great Khubilai Khan, a Nestorian Christian monk from China called Rabban Sauma was making the reverse journey from the Mongol capital (what is now Beijing) to Jerusalem. Upon reaching Baghdad-the first traveler to arrive from China-Sauma learned that his pilgrimage could not be fulfilled because of Islamic control of the Holy Land. In Voyager from Xanadu, Morris Rossabi traces Sauma's trans-Eurasian travels against the turbulent era of the Mongol Empire and the last Crusades. His indispensable book provides a unique first-hand Asian perspective on Europe and illuminates a crucial period in the early history of global, diplomatic, and commercial networking.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Illustrations

Preface to the 2010 Edition

Preface to the First Edition

A Note on Transliteration

Principal Figures

1. Setting the Stage

2. A Pilgrimage to the West

3. The Mongols, the Muslims, and the Europeans

4. An Embassy to the West

5. Paris, Bordeaux, Rome, and Return

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About The Author

Notes:

"First University of Califrnia Press edition 2010"--T.p. verso.

"Previously published in 1992 by Kodansha International Ltd"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520946132

0520946138

OCLC:

910935682