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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 MÉMOIRES, OF THE SOCIETY OF GEOGRAPHY,
WITH THE ADDITION OF A COMMENTARY,
BY
COLONEL HENRY YULE, C.B., F.R.G.S.,
LATE OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (BENGAL).
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M.DCCC.LXIII.
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| SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, G.C.St.S., F.R.S., D.C.L., Corr. Mem. Inst. F., Hon. Mem. Imp. Acad. Sc. St. Petersburg, etc., etc., President. | ||
| Rear-Admiral C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, C.B. | } | Vice-Presidents. |
| The Rt. Hon. Sir DAVID DUNDAS, M.P. | } | |
| J. BARROW, Esq., F.R.S. | ||
| Rt. Hon. LORD BROUGHTON. | ||
| Captain CRACROFT, R.N. | ||
| Sir HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S. | ||
| JOHN FORSTER, Esq. | ||
| R. W. GREY, Esq., M.P. | ||
| T. HODGKIN, Esq., M.D. | ||
| JOHN WINTER JONES, Esq., F.S.A. | ||
| His Excellency the COUNT DE LAVRADIO. | ||
| R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.S.A. | ||
| Sir CHARLES NICHOLSON, Bart. | ||
| Sir ERSKINE PERRY. | ||
| Major-General Sir HENRY C. RAWLINSON, K.C.B | ||
| WILLIAM STIRLING, Esq., M.P. | ||
| CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, Esq., Honorary Secretary. | ||
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TO
HIS EXCELLENCY
SIR H. B. E. FRERE, K.C.B.,
GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY.
Dear Sir Bartle Frere,
There is no time to ask your assent tothis dedication. But I have trust enough in yourl