[*Volume
1, Project Gutenberg text*]
*Chapter 1* --
Discoveries in the Time of Alfred King of England, in the Ninth Century
of the Christian era
*Chapter 2* -- Original
Discovery of Greenland by the Icelanders, in the Ninth Century
*Chapter 3* -- Early Discovery
of Winland, or America, by the Icelanders, about the year 1001
*Chapter 4* -- Travels
of two Mahometans into India and China, in the Ninth Century
*Chapter 5* -- Travels
of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela, through Europe, Asia, and Africa, from Spain
to China, between A.D. 1160 and 1173
*Chapter 6* -- Travels
of an Englishman into Tartary, and thence into Poland, Hungary, and Germany,
in 1243
*Chapter 7* -- Sketch
of the Revolutions in Tartary
*Chapter 8*
-- The Travels of John de Plano Carpini and other Friars, sent about
the year 1246, as ambassadors from Pope Innocent IV, to the great Khan
of the Moguls or Tartars
*Chapter 9*
-- Travels of William de Rubruquis into Tartary, about the year 1253
*Chapter 10* -- Travels
of Haitho, Prince of Armenia, in Tartary, in 1254
*Chapter 11*
-- Travels of Marco Polo, through Tartary, China, the Islands of India,
and most of Asia, from A. D. 1260 to 1295
*Chapter 12*
-- Travels of Oderic of Portenau, into China and the East, in 1318
*Chapter 13* -- Travels
of Sir John Mandeville into the East, in 1322
*Chapter 14* -- Itinerary
of Pegoletti, between Asof and China, in 1355
*Chapter 15* -- Voyages
of Nicolo and Antonio Zeno, in 1380
*Chapter 16* -- Travels
of John Schildtberger into Tartary, in 1394
*Chapter 17* -- Travels
of the Ambassadors of Mirza Shah Rokh, King of Persia, from Herat to Khanbalek
in Kathay, in 1419
*Chapter 18* -- Voyage
and Travels of Pietro Quirini into Norway, in 1431
*Chapter 19* -- Travels
of Josaphat Barbaro, Ambassador from Venice to Tanna, now called Asof,
in 1436
[*Volume
2, Project Gutenberg text*]
*Chapter 20* -- Account
of various early Pilgrimages from England to the Holy Land, between the
years 1097 and 1107
*Chapter 21* -- Discovery
of Madeira
*Chapter 22* -- Account
of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands
