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"The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" by Sir John Mandeville is a travelogue written between 1357 and 1371 that claims to chronicle an Englishman's journey across the Near East to India and China. Blending fact with fantasy, this extraordinarily popular medieval work drew from various sources including Odoric of Pordenone and Armenian monk Hetoum. Though "Sir John Mandeville" was likely an invented author and many travels described are unreliable or fantastical, the book profoundly influenced explorers like Christopher Columbus, serving as a curious mix of pilgrimage guide and exotic wonder tale. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Mandeville, John, Sir |
|---|---|
| Uniform Title | Itinerarium. English |
| Title | The Travels of Sir John Mandeville |
| Original Publication | Macmillan and Co., 1900 |
| Note | Itinerarium |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1900 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price |
| Language Note | Translated from Anglo-Norman |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation |
| Subject | Orient -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 782 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00782-3 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1997 |
| Last Update | Dec 28, 2014 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2487 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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