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Mirabilia Descripta, The Wonders of the East, by Friar Jordanus

Of the Order of Preachers and Bishop of Columbum in India the Greater, (circa 1330)

Edited by
Henry Yule

First published by Ashgate Publishing

Published 2016 by Routledge
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Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material. In partnership with Ashgate, and using print-on-demand and e-book technology, the Society has made re-available all 290 volumes comprised in Series I and Series II of its publications in both print and digital editions. For information about the Hakluyt Society visit www.hakluyt.com .

ISBN 13: 978-1-4094-1297-7 (hbk)

Report for 1863.

IN issuing their Annual Report for 1863, being the sixteenth anniversary of the existence of the Hakluyt Society, the Council have pleasure in announcing that the number of members has not decreased, and that the funds continue to be in a prosperous condition.

Since the last General Meeting, the following volumes have been delivered to members:

1. "The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Henriquez de Guzman, containing a narrative of his adventures in Italy, Germany, Spain, the Balearic Isles, and South America, during the reign of Charles V, translated from a manuscript in the National Library of Madrid. By Clements R. Markham, Esq., F.S.A. With Notes and an Introduction.

2. "The Discoveries of the World, from the first original unto the year of our Lord 1555, by Antonio Galvano, Governor of Ternate; corrected, quoted, and published in English by Richard Hakluyt (1601)." Now reprinted, with the original Portuguese text, and edited by Rear-Admiral C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, C.B.

The following two works are in the hands of the printer, and will shortly be delivered to Members.

1. "Marvels described by Friar Jordanus of the Order of Preachers, native of Severac, and Bishop of Columbum;" from a parchment manuscript of the fourteenth century, in Latin, the text of which has recently been translated and edited by Colonel H. Yule, C.B., F.R.G.S., late of H.M. Bengal Engineers.

2. "The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema in Syria, Arabia, Persia, India," etc., during the sixteenth century. Translated by J. Winter Jones, Esq., F.S.A., and edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by the Rev. George Percy Badger.

And the following works are in progress:

1. "The Travels of Josafa Barbaro and Ambrogio Contarini in Tana and Persia." Translated from Ramusio by E. A. Roy, Esq., and edited by Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B.

2. "The Travels of Pedro Cieza de Leon, from the Gulf of Darien to the city of La Plata, contained in his first part of the Chronicle of Peru, which treats of the boundaries and descriptions of provinces, founding of new cities, rites and customs of the Indians, and other strange things worthy to be known (Antwerp 1554)." Translated and edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, Esq., F.S.A

3. "The Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands by Bethencourt in 1402-25." Translated and edited by Captain J. G. Goodenongh, R.N.

4. "The Voyage of Vasco de Gama round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, now first translated from a contemporaneous manuscript, accompanied by other documents, forming a monograph of the life of De Gama." To be translated and edited by Richard Garnett, Esq., of the British Museum.

5. "The Three Voyages of Sir Martin Frobisher, with a selection from his letters now in the State Paper Office." Edited by Dr. Rae.

The following six Members retire from the Council:

• J. BARROW, ESQ., F.R.S.
• BERIAH BOTFIELD, ESQ., m.p.
• THE RIGHT HON. SIR DAVID DUNDAS, M.P.
• T. HODGKIN, ESQ., M.D.
• SIR ERSKINE PERRY.
• SIR c. WENTWORTH DILKE, BART.

Of this number, it is recommended that Sir David Dundas should become one of the Vice-Presidents, in the room of the late Marquis of Lansdowne, and that the three following should be re-elected:

• J. BARKOW, ESQ., F.R.S.
• T. HODGKIN, ESQ., M.D.
• SIR ERSKINE PERRY.

The names of the three following gentlemen are proposed for election:

• SIR CHARLES NICHOLSON, BART.
• CAPTAIN CRACKOFT, R.N.
• WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQ., M.P.

STATEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1862-63.

Examined and Approved, June 29th, 1863.

CHAS. CANNON.
WILLIAM YOUNGER FLETCHER.

PETTY CASH ACCOUNT.

CLEMENTS R. MARKHA,

June 29th, 1863.

WORKS ISSUED BY
The Hakluyt Society.

THE WONDERS OF THE EAST,
BY
FRIAR JORDANUS.

M.DCCC.LXIII

MIRABILIA DESCRIPTA.

THE
WONDERS OF THE EAST,
BY
FRIAR JORDANUS,
OF THE ORDER OF PREACHERS AND BISHOP OF COLUMBUM IN INDIA THE GREATER,

(CIRCA 1330).

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN ORIGINAL,
AS PUBLISHED AT PARIS IN 1839, IN THE RECUEIL DE VOYAGES

ET DE MEMORIES, OF THE SOCIETY OF GEOGRAPHY,

WITH THE ADDITION OF A COMMENTARY,

Y
COLONEL HENR YULE, C.B., F.R.G.S.,
LATE OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (BENGAL.).

LONDON
PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

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