Editorial Letter..... EARLY ITALIANS IN BURMA: Marco Polo. ?The Travels of Marco Polo, The Venetian”... Kennon Breazeale: Editorial Introduction to Nicolò de? Conti?s Account... Nicolò de? Conti: ?Early Fifteenth Century Travels in the East” ... Hieronimo di Santo Stefano: ?Account of the Journey of Hieronimo di Santo Stefano, a Genovese (1495-1496)”... Ludovico di Varthema: ?The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna From 1502 to 1508”... Cesar Fedrici: ?Account of Pegu”... Athanasius Nikitin: ?Brief Extract from the Travels of Athanasius Nikitin, A Native of Tver” ... Luís Vaz de Camões: ?The Lusiad, or, Portugals Historicall Poem”... Ralph Fitch: ?An Account of Pegu in 1586-1587”... Nicolas Pimenta & Others: ?Jesuit Letters on Pegu in the Early Seventeenth Century”... Henri de Feynes de Monsart: ?Account of the Kingdome of Pegue (1608)”... Sonnerat: ?A Voyage to Pegu”... ?Empire Birman-Arracan”... ?Certaine Words of Pegu Language (1603)”... BOOK REVIEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Victor Lieberman: Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800- 1830. Volume I: Integration on the Mainland. Review by F. K. L. Chit Hlaing... Grant Evans: A Short History of Laos: The Land in Between. Review by John Walsh... David K. Wyatt: Thailand: A Short History (2nd edition). Review by Jon Fernquest Announcement: Euan Bagshawe?s translation of the Rajadhammasangaha... Dissertation abstracts... News & Notes.