CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

[PREFACE.]

[GENERAL PLAN OF THE WORK.]

[PART I.]

Voyages and Travels of Discovery, from the Era of Alfred, King of England, in the Ninth Century, to the Era of Don Henry, Prince of Portugal, at the commencement of the Fifteenth Century.

[CHAPTER I.]

Discoveries in the time of Alfred, King of England, in the Ninth Century of the Christian Era.

[Section I.]

Discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians, in the Ninth Century

[Section II.]

Voyages of Ohthere to the White Sea and the Baltic, in the Ninth Century

[Section III.]

Remarks on the situation of Sciringes-heal and Haethum, by J. R. Forster

[Section IV.]

Voyage of Wulfstein in the Baltic, as related to King Alfred

[Section IV.] [1]

[1] By error of the press, Sect, IV. has been numerically repeated.

Voyage of Sighelm to India, in the reign of Alfred, King of

[Section V.]

Travels of John Erigena to Athens, in the Ninth-Century

[Section VI.]

Geography of the known World, in the Ninth Century, as described by King Alfred

[Section VII.]

VII. Travels of Andrew Leucander, in the Eleventh Century

[Section VIII.]

Voyage of Swanus to Jerusalem, in 1052

[Section IX.]

Voyage of three Ambassadors from England to Constantinople, about 1056

[Section X.]

Pilgrimage of Alured to Jerusalem, in 1058

[Section XI.]

Pilgrimage of Ingulphus to Jerusalem, in 1064

[CHAPTER II.]

Original Discovery of Greenland by the Icelanders, in the Ninth Century

[CHAPTER III.]

Early Discovery of Winland, or America, by the Icelanders, about the year 1001

[CHAPTER IV.]

Travels of two Mahometans into India and China, in the Ninth Century

[CHAPTER V.]

Travels of Rabbi Benjamin from Spain to China, in the Twelfth Century

[CHAPTER VI.]

Travels of an Englishman in Tartary, in 1243

[CHAPTER VII.]

Sketch of the Revolutions in Tartary

[CHAPTER VIII.]

Travels of John de Piano Carpini, in 1246

[CHAPTER IX.]

Travels of W. de Rubruquis, about 1253

[CHAPTER X.]

Travels of Haitho, Prince of Armenia, in 1254

[CHAPTER XI.]

Travels of Marco Polo into China and the East; from A.D. 1260 to 1295

[CHAPTER XII.]

Travels of Oderic of Portenau, in 1318

[CHAPTER XIII.]

Travels of Sir John Mandeville, in 1322

[CHAPTER XIV.]

Itinerary of Pegoletti, between Asof and China, in 1355

[CHAPTER XV.]

Voyages of Nicolo and Antonio Zeno, in 1380

[CHAPTER XVI.]

Travels of Schildtberger, in 1394

[CHAPTER XVII.]

Travels of the Ambassadors of Shah Rokh, in 1419

[CHAPTER XVIII.]

Voyage and Shipwreck of Quirini, in 1431

[CHAPTER XIX.]

Travels of Josaphat Barbaro, in 1436


(Transcriber's note: The following errata have been applied to the text.)

ERRATA.

Page 8, line 26, for insulated read inhabited

51, 21, for phenomena read phenomenon

62, 41, after each insert of the

118 33, after thirteenth insert century

165, note 7, for Keander read Theander.