Research Guides: HIST 208B: Constructing, Imagining, and Narrating Pre-Modern Cities (Kader Smail): Primary Sources

Using WorldCat to Find Primary Sources

fWorldCat can be used to identify primary sources. Here are some examples of searches that produce examples of primary sources:

su:Travel, Medieval sources

su:Cities and towns, Medieval sources

su:Voyages and travels Early works to 1800 sources

su: History Sources Florence [or Cairo or Hangzhou etc.] Once you have a record for the time period you want, look at the subjects to see if there is one for the period you want.)

Also try keyword search with chronicle and name of city or country.

Online Resources

Digital Loeb Classical Library
Comprehensive collection of Greek and Latin texts in translation.
Medieval Travel Writing
Focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia. The collection also includes a number of important accounts of travels to or through the Holy Land.