Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 110 Hakluyt, Richard 1616 Hackluyt, Richard The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Karl Hagen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation" by Richard Hakluyt is a historical collection written during the late 16th century and into the early 17th century. The work compiles the accounts of various navigators and explorers, documenting their travels, discoveries, and interactions with different cultures, particularly focusing on England's maritime ventures. This detailed collection seeks to provide insight into the era of exploration, emphasizing the significance of English seafaring expeditions beyond their home shores. At the start of this substantial volume, the narrative delves into an exploration of the territory of Cathay (China) and the customs of the Tartars. It describes the vastness of the empire and its division into provinces overseen by local kings who owe allegiance to the Grand Khan. The text outlines various societal practices, such as the unique clothing of the inhabitants, their dietary habits, marriage customs, and spiritual beliefs, revealing a complex and fascinating culture. The richness of the descriptions underscores the contrast between a sophisticated empire and the European understanding of it during that time, providing a lens into global interactions as well as the cultural exchanges that occurred during the Age of Discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography -- English G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 867279 867056 2024-10-05T05:54:06.792444 2023-10-05T06:29:55.956189 text/html text/html 867272 867049 2024-10-05T05:54:07.103428 2023-10-05T06:29:56.178219 text/html text/html 435107 2024-10-05T05:54:18.355349 application/epub+zip 446556 2024-10-05T05:54:11.424417 application/epub+zip 392476 2024-10-05T05:54:09.955418 application/epub+zip 823771 2024-10-05T05:54:23.820316 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 794106 2024-10-05T05:54:17.340351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521120 2022-09-05T09:08:43.751954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 833350 833178 2024-10-05T05:54:06.132434 2023-10-05T06:29:55.471219 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 833354 2020-12-20T02:42:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 306958 2020-12-20T02:42:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 834042 2020-12-20T02:42:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 306156 2020-12-20T02:42:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21089 2024-10-05T05:54:23.944313 application/rdf+xml 27933 2024-10-05T05:54:10.502372 image/jpeg 5041 2024-10-05T05:54:10.228376 image/jpeg 433021 2024-10-05T05:54:07.175411 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia