Odorico da Pordenone 1265?-1331

Contemporaries of Marco Polo, consisting of the travel records to the eastern parts of the world of William of Rubruck (1253-1255); the journey of John of Pian de Carpini (1245-1247); the journal of Friar Odoric (1318-1330) & the oriental travels of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela (1160-1173) by Manuel Komroff ( Book )
4 editions published in 1928 in English and held by 570 libraries worldwide

The travels of Sir John Mandeville; the version of the Cotton manuscript in modern spelling, with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's "Navigations, voyages & discoveries by John Mandeville ( Book )
16 editions published between 1900 and 1928 in English and held by 559 libraries worldwide

The travels of Friar Odoric by Odorico ( Book )
42 editions published between 1513 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 471 libraries worldwide
Odoric of Pordenone's writings describe his mission to India, South East Asia and China covering the period ca. 1320-1330. They provide excellent detail of the culture and customs of the places he visited. He set out from Venice and travelled via Constantinople, Trebizond, Erzerum and Tabriz to Sultanieh. From here he proceeded to Hormuz on the Persian Gulf, passing through Kazan, Yazd, Persepolis, Shiraz and Baghdad. At Hormuz he embarked for India, landing at Tana (Thane), near Bombay. Here he describes how he disinterred the bones of the four martyred friars, who had been the companions of Jordanus of Severac. He carried their remains all the way to Zayton in China for reburial. After Bombay, he visited Malabar, Pandarani, Cranganore, Quilon, Ceylon and the shrine of St Thomas, near Madras. From India he sailed to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Champa in Indochina, before reaching Canton (Guangzhou). Then Odoric travelled overland to the Chinese province of Fujian, stopping at Zayton (Amoy), before heading inland to Foochow and then across the mountains into Zhejiang to visit the splendours of the royal residence of Cansay (Hangzhou). Passing northwards Odoric headed to Nanking and crossed the Yangtze River before completing his journey to Cambalec (Peking) along the Grand Canal of China. He stayed 3 years at the Court of the Great Khan, ca. 1324-1327. The return voyage is less clearly described. Odoric made his way overland across Asia passing through Tibet and Persia. Upon reaching Padua in May 1330 the story of his travels was taken down in Latin by Friar William of Solagna. There are many versions of Odoric's narrative, both in original manuscript in Latin, French and Italian, and in printed editions dating from 1513 onwards. Some of Odoric's eyewitness reports also found their way into the Mandeville texts.

Cathay and the way thither : being a collection of medieval notices of China ( Book )
25 editions published between 1866 and 2006 in English and held by 363 libraries worldwide

Konrad Steckels deutsche Übertragung der Reise nach China des Odorico des Pordenone by Odorico ( Book )
1 edition published in 1968 in German and held by 143 libraries worldwide

Contemporaries of Marco Polo : consisting of the travel records to the eastern parts of the world of William of Rubruck [1253-1255] ; the journey of John of Pian de Carpini [1245-1247] ; the journal of Friar Odoric [1318-1330] & the oriental travels of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela [1160-1173 ( Book )
2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 83 libraries worldwide

Die Reise des seligen Odorich von Pordenone nach Indien und China (1314/18-1330) / übersetzt, eingeleitet und erläutert von Folker Reichert by Odorico ( Book )
5 editions published between 1891 and 1987 in French and German and held by 63 libraries worldwide

Contemporaries of Marco Polo : consisting of the travel records to the eastern parts of the world of William of Rubruck <1253-1255>, the journey of John of Pian de Carpini <1245-1247>, the journal of Friar Odoric <1160-1173> ( Book )
1 edition published in 1937 in English and held by 46 libraries worldwide

L'extrême Orient au moyen-âge ( Book )
2 editions published in 1877 in French, Old and held by 43 libraries worldwide

Contemporaries of Marco Polo : consisting of the travel records to the eastern parts of the world of William of Rubruck [1253-1255], the journey of John of Pian de Carpini [1245-1247] & the journal of Friar Odoric [1318-1330 by Manuel Komroff ( Book )
1 edition published in 1929 in English and held by 40 libraries worldwide