"As many schoolchildren know, Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324) was a Venetian traveler who, with his father and uncle, traveled to the Orient and brought back fabulous stories of exotic lands and people to an unbelieving medieval Europe. The journey lasted 25 years, 17 of which were spent at the court of Kublai Khan, the Chinese emperor. At some point after his return home, Marco Polo was imprisoned by the Genoese, then at war with Venice. It p ..."
"The newest volume in Sterling Signature's successful Illustrated Edition series takes readers on a fascinating journey into a world once unknown. Marco Polo almost single-handedly introduced fourteenth-century Europe to the civilizations of Central Asia and China. Now this stunningly illustrated volume, edited by renowned historian Morris Rossabi, offers the complete text of Polo's travelogue (in the respected Yule-Cordier translation), ..."
Hobson-Jobson(1st Edition) The Definitive Glossary of British India (Oxford World's Classics) by SirHenryYule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher, Burnell Yule Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-871800-0, ISBN: 0-19-871800-4
""A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive."Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by Salman Rushdie as "the legendary dictionary of British India" it sho ..."
Hobson-Jobson The Definitive Glossary of British India (Oxford World's Classics) by SirHenryYule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher Hardcover, 624 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-960113-4, ISBN: 0-19-960113-5
"Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by Salman Rushdie as 'the legendary dictionary of British India' it shows how words of Indian origin were absorbed into the English language and records not only the vocabulary but the culture of the Raj. ..."
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Hobson-Jobson, Part 2 Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms Etymological, Historical, Geographical and ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics) by SirHenryYule, Arthur Coke Burnell Printed Access Code, Published 2012 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-511-73166-2, ISBN: 0-511-73166-3
Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics Hobson-Jobson, Part 1 : Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive by SirHenryYule Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-511-73165-5, ISBN: 0-511-73165-5
Hobson-Jobson 2 Part Set(Reprint) Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms Etymological, Historical, Geographical ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics) by SirHenryYule, Arthur Coke Burnell Paperback, 927 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-01839-5, ISBN: 1-108-01839-4
"This dictionary of Anglo-Indian terms gives the definition and etymology of over two thousand words in common use in colonial India in the late nineteenth century. First published in 1886, it was written by the Scottish orientalist Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889) and Arthur C. Burnell (1840-1882), an English scholar of Sanskrit and author of a Handbook of South Indian Palaeography. Whereas previous glossaries focused on technical terms used ..."
Hakluyt Society, First(Updated) Cathay and the Way Thither Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China Volumes I-Ii 3637 by SirHenryYule Hardcover, 992 Pages, Published 2010 by Hakluyt Society ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-2166-5, ISBN: 1-4094-2166-X
"Volume I: 'Translated and Edited with a Preliminary Essay on the Intercourse between China and the Western Nations previous to the Discovery of the Cape Route'. Containing the travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone, 1316-30, and letters and reports from missionary friars from Cathay and India, 1292-1338, in English translation. With a list of 'illustrations from drawings by the author'. The supplementary material includes the 1866 annual ..."
"Henry Yule describes the journey and arrival at the capital in beautifully descriptive prose, illustrated by, amongst others, his own colour sketches."
Hakluyt Society, First Ser. Cathay and the Way Thither Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China by HenryYule, SirHenryYule Hardcover, Published 2010 by Taylor And Francis 2010-07-28, London ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-1303-5, ISBN: 1-4094-1303-9
Hobson - Jobson(2nd Edition) A Glossary of Colloquial Words and Phrases by SirHenryYule, A. C. Burnell, Nirad C. Chaudhuri Paperback, 1,076 Pages, Published 2005 by Linguasia Facsimile ISBN-13: 978-1-870836-02-9, ISBN: 1-870836-02-2
Hobson-Jobson(1st Edition) A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words And Phrases by SirHenryYule, A. C. Burnell Paperback, 1,062 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledgecurzon ISBN-13: 978-0-7007-1126-0, ISBN: 0-7007-1126-0
"C. S. 1873 ; also Abstract of Proceedings of the Govt. of Bombay in the Revenue
Dept., April 24, 1876, No. 2474. K.HOTI, s. The holder of the peculiar khot tenure
in the Bombay Presidency. KHUDD, KUDD, s. This is a term chiefly employed in ..."
Hobson-Jobson A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive by SirHenryYule, A. C. Burnell, William Crooke, Nirad C. Chaudhuri Hardcover, 1,027 Pages, Published 1994 by Linguasia Facsimile ISBN-13: 978-1-870836-11-1, ISBN: 1-870836-11-1
Hobson-Jobson(Updated) A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive by SirHenryYule, A. C. Burnell, William Crooke Hardcover, 1,069 Pages, Published 1989 by Linguasia ISBN-13: 978-1-870836-00-5, ISBN: 1-870836-00-6
Cathay and the Way Thither(1st Edition) Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China (Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series) by SirHenryYule, Cambridge University Press Paperback, 524 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-01036-8, ISBN: 1-108-01036-9
"The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first publishe ..."
Hobson-Jobson(Updated) A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive by Arthur Coke Burnell, SirHenryYule, William Crooke Hardcover, 1,069 Pages, Published 1985 by Routledge Kegan & Paul ISBN-13: 978-0-7100-2886-0, ISBN: 0-7100-2886-5
"GENTOO. bruslans et saccageans cos pauures GentilB qui no desirent que leur
bonne grace, et leur aniitid mais ils n'on ont pas plus de piti£ pour uela." —
Mocyuet, 349. 1630.—" . . . which Gentiles are of two sorts . . . first the purer
Gentiles ..."