CONTENTS.

Source, [iii], [iv]. Particulars known of the author, [iv-viii]. Another work ascribed to him, [ix]. Extract from this, narrating the martyrdom of four friars in India, [x-xii]. Identity of Columbum, his see, with the modern Quilon, [xii-xvii]. The author’s Latinity, [xvii]. Coincidences with other travellers, [xvii], [xviii].

[CHAPTER I.]
[THE MEDITERRANEAN.]

§ 1. The whirlpool of the Faro. 2. The flux of Euripus. 3. Earthquakes at Thebes.

[CHAPTER II.]
CONCERNING ARMENIA.

§ 1. Mount Ararat and its legends. The vines of Noah. 2. Martyrdom of apostles, and their miracles. 3. Other martyrs. 4. Conversion of the schismatics by the Missionary Friars. 5. Rulers of Armenia. 6. Its Dead Sea. 7. Its extent. 8, 9. Other particulars of Armenia.

[CHAPTER III.]
CONCERNING THE REALM OF PERSIA.

§ 1. Tabriz; absence of dew and rain; manna. 2. Conversions to Holy Church; Ur of the Chaldees. 3. Sultania. 4. Onagri. 5. People and productions of Persia. 6. Its extent, and uncleanly manners of the people. 7. Springs of pitch. 8. Manna; flowing sands; general character of those countries.

[CHAPTER IV.]
CONCERNING INDIA THE LESS.

§ 1. Date-palms. 2. Absence of springs, and of rain for nine months; heavy dews. 3. Marvels. Habits of the people. 4. Variation of days and nights. 5, 6. Fruits of India; Chaqui and Bloqui (the jack-fruit). 7, 8, 9. The mango, lemons, vines, etc. 10. The coco-nut and its products. 11. Other trees giving liquor; the Banyan described. 12, 13, 14. Wild beasts—the Lynx, the Rhinoceros. 15. Marvellous serpents. 16. The Crocodile. 17. Birds, and great Bats. 18. Other birds. 19. Wars in India contemptible. 20, 21. Precious stones. 22. Widow burning. 23. The Parsis described. 24. The Dóms. 25. Ginger; Sugar-cane; Cassia fistula. 26. High character of the people. 27. Heat. 28. Few metals; no spices but ginger. 29. Ravages of the Saracens. 30. Pagan prophecies. 31. Christians of St. Thomas, and their ignorance. 32. Conversions to the faith. 33. Tolerant spirit of the idolaters. 34. Their manner of sacrifice. 35. Their idols, etc.; their reverence for oxen. 36, 37. Blackness a beauty in India.

[CHAPTER V.]
CONCERNING INDIA THE GREATER.

§ 1, 2. The Elephant described. 3. Spices. 4. Ginger; Pepper described; Cinnamon. 5. Islands of India; Ceylon. 6. Pearl fishery. 7. Birds. 8. Marvels of the islands. 9. Winged cats (flying squirrels). 10. The Talipat’s great leaves. 11. The king of Ceylon and his rubies. 12. Island of Naked Folk. 13-16. Great island of Java (the Archipelago in general); Spices; Pygmies; Cloves; Cannibals. 17. Dress in India. 18. That of the kings. 19. Inheritance in the female line only (Nairs). 20. Vows of self-immolation. 21-27. Particulars of climate and celestial phenomena. 28. Wild Forest Races. 29. Serpents. 30. Remarkable wasps. 31. White ants. 32, 33. Red kites. 34. Great bird that wails by night. 35. The Devil speaketh. 36. Marvellous land. 37. Champa (India ultra Gangem), and its abundance of elephants. 38. Wars of elephants. 39. Ivory. 40. Mode of capturing elephants. 41. Kings of (Southern) India detailed, etc.

[CHAPTER VI.]
CONCERNING INDIA TERTIA (S. E. AFRICA).

§ 1, 2. Speaks from trustworthy report only. Legend of dragons and carbuncles. Prester John. 3. The Roc. 4. The true unicorn. 5. The civet. 6. The terrestrial paradise. 7. Serpents. 8. Negroes described. 9. Mighty hunters. 10. Ambergris. 11. Zebras. 12, 13. Islands of Men only and Women only. 14, 15. Other islands. Dog-headed Folk.

[CHAPTER VII.]
CONCERNING THE GREATER ARABIA.

§ 1. Incense and myrrh. 2. Low civilization. 3. Deserts. 4. Æthiopia and its monsters. 5. The great power of the Lord thereof. 6, 7, 8. Other particulars.

[CHAPTER VIII.]
CONCERNING THE GREAT TARTAR.

§ 1. His wealth, power, and liberality. 2. Paper money. 3. Singular resemblance to Catholic practices. 4, 5. Funeral rites. 6, 7. Great cities of this empire. 8. High civilization. 9. Rhubarb; musk described. 10. Porcelain. 11. Burial of the emperor. 12, 13, 14. Sundry particulars.

[CHAPTER IX.]
CONCERNING CALDEA.

§ 1. Babylon deserted; its terrors. 2, 3, 4. Sundry monstrous appearances.

[CHAPTER X.]
CONCERNING THE LAND OF ARAN

There is nothing to be said.

[CHAPTER XI.]
CONCERNING THE LAND OF MOGAN.

§ 1. The Three Kings. 2. Baku, and its pits of naphtha.

[CHAPTER XII.]
CONCERNING THE CASPIAN HILLS.

Self-styled Christians. Fifteen different nations.

[CHAPTER XIII.]
CONCERNING GEORGIANA.

’Tis like Europe.

[CHAPTER XIV.]
CONCERNING THE DISTANCES OF COUNTRIES.

§ 1. Distance to Constantinople. 2. Thence to Tartary. 3. Extent of the Persian (Tartar) Empire. 4. Of Lesser India. 5. Of Greater India. 6. The Vessels of the Indies. 7. Extent of Cathay. 8. Population of Æthiopia (?). 9. Other two Tartar Empires. 10. The Vessels of Cathay. 11. Græcia (?). 12. Superior advantages of Christendom, but the Eastern Converts better Christians. 13. What is needed to convert India. 14. The Author’s own experiences, and sufferings from the Saracens. Martyrdom of nine brethren. 15. The French King might subdue the world.

[CHAPTER XV.]
CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF CHIOS.

Mastick. The deeds of Captain Martin Zachary.

[CHAPTER XVI.]
CONCERNING TURKEY.

§ 1. Andreolo Cathani, a Genoese Captain. His manufacture of alum described. 2. The VII Churches, and Sepulchre of Saint John. 3, 4. The country and people characterized.