| Summary: | Kerr's Voyages & Travels Vol. 1 Discoveries in the time of Alfred, King of England, in the ninth century of the Christian era. Discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians, in the ninth century -- Voyages of Ohthere to the White Sea and the Baltic, in the ninth century -- Remarks on the situation of Sciringes-heal and Hæthum / J.R. Forster -- Voyage of Wulfstein in the Baltic, as related to King Alfred -- Voyage of Sighelm to India, in the reign of Alfred, King of England -- Travels of John Erigena to Athens, in the ninth century -- Geography of the known world, in the ninth century, as described by King Alfred -- Travels of Andrew Leucander, in the eleventh century -- Voyage of Swanus to Jerusalem, in 1052 -- Voyage of three ambassadors from England to Constantinople, about 1056 -- Pilgrimage of Alured to Jerusalem, in 1058 -- Pilgrimage of Ingulphus to Jerusalem, in 1064 -- Original discovery of Greenland by the Icelanders, in the ninth century -- Early discovery of Winland, or America, by the Icelanders, about the year 1001 -- Travels of two Mahometans into India and China, in the ninth century -- Travels of Rabbi Benjamin from Spain to China, in the twelfth century -- Travels of an Englishman in Tartary, in 1243 -- Sketch of the revolutions in Tartary -- Travels of John de Plano Carpini, in 1246 -- Travels of W. de Rubruquis, about 1254 -- Travels of Marco Polo into China and the east; from A.D. 1260 to 1295 -- Travels of Oderic of Portenau, in 1318 -- Travels of Sir John Mandeville, in 1322 -- Itinerary of Pegoletti, between Asof and China, in 1355 -- Voyages of Nicolo and Antonio Zeno, in 1380 -- Travels of Schildtberger, in 1394 -- Travels of the ambassadors of Shah Rokh, in 1419 -- Voyage and shipwreck of Quirini, in 1431 -- Travels of Josaphat Barbaro, in 1436
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